Antiepileptic treatment for anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: The need for video-EEG monitoring

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 166-170

  Dericioglu, Nese ^a   Vural, Atay ^a   Acar, Pinar ^a   Agayeva, Nergiz ^a   Ismailova, Vefa ^a   Kurne, Asli ^a   Saka, Esen ^a   Arsava, Ethem Murat ^a   Topcuoglu, Mehmet Akif ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anti NMDA receptor encephalitis; Intensive care unit; Status epilepticus; Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; FENTANYL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MIDAZOLAM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; STEROID; THIOPENTAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DYSKINESIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; NEUROMONITORING; NOTE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY TERATOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ANTI-NMDA RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; VIDEO-EEG MONITORING;

ADULT; ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSKINESIAS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84880457478     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2013.0566     Document Type: Note

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