Therapeutic plasma exchange in anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate-receptor (anti-NMDA-R) encephalitis associated with benign ovarian teratoma

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 227-228

  Batra, Rashmi ^a   Pang, Yinghua ^a   Friedman, Mark T ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGITATION; ANOREXIA; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ANTIBODY TITER; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY TERATOMA; PARANOIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLASMA EXCHANGE;

EID: 84864655715     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: 10981101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jca.21212     Document Type: Letter

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