VGKC positive autoimmune encephalopathy mimicking dementia

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Molloy, Anna ^a   Cassidy, Eugene ^a   Ryan, Aisling ^a   O'Toole, Orna ^a  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; LITHIUM; PREDNISOLONE; PROCYCLIDINE; QUETIAPINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOPATHY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EVENING DOSAGE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855458665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.08.2011.4642     Document Type: Article

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