Early diagnosis of anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis in a young woman with psychiatric symptoms

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 89-93

  Aoki, Hiromichi ^a   Morita, Seiji ^a   Miura, Naoya ^a   Tsuji, Tomoatsu ^a   Ohnuki, Youichi ^a   Nakagawa, Yoshihide ^a   Yamamoto, Isotoshi ^a   Takahashi, Hirohide ^a   Inokuchi, Sadaki ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; N methyl d aspartate (NMDA) receptor; Ovarian teratoma; Psychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MEDICAL HISTORY; OVARY TERATOMA; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; AUTOANTIBODIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TERATOMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867430817     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: 21852243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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