Anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis mimicking a primary psychiatric disorder in an adolescent

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1607-1610

  Lebon, Sébastien ^a   Mayor Dubois, Claire ^a   Popea, Irina ^a   Poloni, Claudia ^a   Selvadoray, Nalini ^a   Gumy, Alain ^a   Roulet Perez, Eliane ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

depression; N methyl d aspartate receptor encephalitis; psychosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; RISPERIDONE;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANOREXIA; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MEMORY DISORDER; MUTISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL REENTRY; SLEEP PATTERN; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; THOUGHT DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84870169983     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073812438099     Document Type: Article

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