Two patients with an anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antibody syndrome-like presentation and negative results of testing for autoantibodies

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 412-416

  Shah, Rikin ^a   Veerapandiyan, Aravindhan ^a   Winchester, Sara ^a   Gallentine, William ^a   Mikati, Mohamad A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; AUTOANTIBODY; BACLOFEN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; HALOPERIDOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; PREDNISOLONE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AGGRESSIVENESS; AGITATION; ANGER; ANOREXIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IMPULSIVENESS; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OROFACIAL DYSKINESIA; PARANOIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH THERAPY; TENDON REFLEX; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 81855189622     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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