Anti-NMDA-Receptor encephalitis: Case report and literature review of an under-Recognized condition

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 811-816

  Day, Gregory S ^a,c   High, Sasha M ^b,c   Cot, Bianca ^b,c   Tang Wai, David F ^a,c  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aautoimmune; Encephalitis; NMDA receptor; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ANTI N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROIMAGING; NONCONVULSIVE EPILEPTIC STATE; OROFACIAL DYSKINESIA; OVARY TERATOMA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RANKIN SCALE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UPREGULATION; URINALYSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENCEPHALITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNDROME; TERATOMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051551748     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1641-9     Document Type: Review

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