Acute neuropsychiatric manifestations of anti-n-methyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 279-280

  Kumar, Rajeev ^a   Gunaratne, Dharshanie ^a   Khan, Salman ^a   Crawford, Kerry ^a   Cook, Matthew ^a   Tuck, Roger ^a  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; QUETIAPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DYSPHAGIA; DYSTONIC DISORDER; ECHOLALIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LETTER; MUTISM; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PLEOCYTOSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; STUPOR;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEIZURES;

EID: 84880705515     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1039856213476122     Document Type: Letter

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