Limbic encephalitis: A clinical-radiological comparison between herpetic and autoimmune etiologies

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1566-1570

  Oyanguren, B ^a   Sanchez V ^a   Gonzalez F J ^a   de Felipe, A ^a   Esteban, L ^a   Lopez Sendon J L ^a   Garcia Barragan N ^a   Martinez San Millan J ^a   Masjuan J ^a   Corral, I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antineuronal antibodies; Autoimmune encephalitis; Herpetic encephalitis; Limbic encephalitis; Paraneoplastic etiology; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTINEURONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ANTINEURONAL ANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALITIS; HERPETIC ENCEPHALITIS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; PARANEOPLASTIC ETIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84887409630     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12249     Document Type: Article

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