Abnormal sensory-motor integration in a patient with anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1490-1493

  Dou, Yi Hsuan ^a,b   Lai, Kuan Lin ^a,b,c   Liao, Kwong Kum ^a,b   Chen, Shih Pin ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MUNICIPAL GAN DAU HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTIBODY ENCEPHALITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84864276888     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6422-9     Document Type: Letter

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