Immunotherapy-responsive chorea as the presenting feature of LGI1-antibody encephalitis

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-196

  Tofaris, George K ^a   Irani, Sarosh R ^a   Cheeran, Binith J ^a   Baker, Ian W S ^a   Cader, Zameel M ^a   Vincent, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEUCINE RICH GLIOMA INACTIVATED 1; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; APATHY; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; CONFUSION; DISORIENTATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84866252364     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31825f0522     Document Type: Article

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