Spontaneous recovery from anti-NMDAR encephalitis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1964-1966

  Evoli, Amelia ^a   Spinelli, Pietro ^a   Frisullo, Giovanni ^a   Alboini, Paolo E ^a   Servidei, Serenella ^a   Marra, Camillo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LETTER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NONPARANEOPLASTIC ENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ANTIBODIES; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84867331013     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6457-y     Document Type: Letter

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