Dramatic improvement in two cases of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis after immunomodulating therapy

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 683-687

  Kitada, Mari ^a   Suzuki, Hidekazu ^a   Ichihashi, Juri ^a   Mitsui, Yoshiyuki ^a   Tanaka, Keiko ^b   Kusunoki, Susumu ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Anti NMDA receptor encephalitis; Cognitive function; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEPREDNISONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

EID: 80053473854     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.51.683     Document Type: Article

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