Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate-glutamic-receptor encephalitis presenting as paroxysmal exercise-induced foot weakness

Movement Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 820-822

  Labate, Angelo ^a   Quattrone, Aldo ^a,b   Dalmau, Josep ^c,d   Gambardella, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Immunity; Movement disorder; NDMA receptor

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EPILEPTIC STATE; EXERCISE; FOOT WEAKNESS; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEVER; FOOT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SEIZURES;

EID: 84879604339     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25510     Document Type: Article

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