Anti-N-methyl D-aspartate receptor encephalitis mimics viral encephalitis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 202-204

  Bseikri, Mustafa R ^a   Barton, Jubilee R ^a,b   Kulhanjian, Julie A ^a   Dalmau, Josep ^c,d   Cohen, Ronald A ^a   Glaser, Carol A ^b,e   Roy Burman, Arup ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti NMDA; Autoimmune; Choreoathetosis; Encephalitis; Movement disorder; N methyl D aspartate receptor

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CEFTRIAXONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTENSIVE CARE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTIBODY ENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY TERATOMA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84858153788     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31823d52eb     Document Type: Article

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