The frequency of autoimmune N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis surpasses that of individual viral etiologies in young individuals enrolled in the california encephalitis project

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 899-904

  Gable, Mary S ^a   Sheriff, Heather ^a   Dalmau, Josep ^b,c   Tilley, Drake H ^d   Glaser, Carol A ^a  

^a Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d California   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; VIRUS DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858117151     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir1038     Document Type: Article

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