Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis presenting with focal non-convulsive status epilepticus in a child

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 188-190

  Goldberg, E M ^a,b   Taub, K S ^a,b   Kessler, S K ^a,b   Abend, N S ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

encephalitis; NMDA; non convulsive status epilepticus; pediatric medicine; status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INFUSION FLUID; KETOROLAC; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHOREA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLICATED MIGRAINE; DELTA RHYTHM; DIZZINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSKINESIA; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; HEADACHE; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIMB PAIN; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NON CONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; QUADRANTANOPSIA; RELAPSE; REMISSION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SOMNOLENCE; SPIN LABELING; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING; WAKEFULNESS;

ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 81855172285     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: 14391899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1295408     Document Type: Article

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