Aquaporin-4 antibody neuromyelitis optica following anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 260, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3185-3187

  Zoccarato, Marco ^a,b   Saddi, Maria Valeria ^c   Serra, Giulia ^c   Pelizza, Maria Federica ^a   Rosellini, Irene ^b   Peddone, Luigi ^c   Ticca, Anna ^c   Giometto, Bruno ^a   Zuliani, Luigi ^a  

^a OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c SAN FRANCESCO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; HLA DQ2 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ANTIBODY TITER; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DROWSINESS; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; OVARY TERATOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PARAPLEGIA; PELVIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPINE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; TERATOMA;

EID: 84890806683     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-013-7182-x     Document Type: Letter

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