A case of acute cerebellar ataxia following infectious mononucleosis accompanied by intrathecal anti-glutamate receptor δ2 antibody

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 555-558

  Murakami, Hidetomo ^a,c   Iijima, Shoji ^b   Kawamura, Mitsuru ^c   Takahashi, Yukitoshi ^d   Ichikawa, Hiroo ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute cerebellar ataxia; Anti glutamate receptor 2 antibody; Epstein Barr virus; Infectious mononucleosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR DELTA2 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LIVER INJURY; LYMPHOCYTE; MONONUCLEOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PURKINJE CELL; SORE THROAT; TONSIL DISEASE;

EID: 84881271170     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.53.555     Document Type: Article

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