N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor autoimmune encephalitis presenting with opsoclonus-myoclonus: Treatment response to plasmapheresis

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1069-1072

  Smith, Jonathan H ^a   Dhamija, Radhika ^a   Moseley, Brian D ^a   Sandroni, Paola ^a   Lucchinetti, Claudia F ^a   Lennon, Vanda A ^a   Kantarci, Orhun H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOMENINX; LUNG EMBOLISM; MOTOR CORTEX; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPSOCLONUS MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; OPSOCLONUS-MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; PLASMAPHERESIS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051569319     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2011.166     Document Type: Article

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