Acute amnesia and seizures in a young female

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 455-460

  García García, María Eugenia ^a   Castrillo, Sergio Munĩz ^a   Morales, Irene Garcia ^a   Di Capua Sacoto, Daniela ^a   Dolado, Alberto Marcos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glutamic acid decarboxylase; Immunotherapy; Limbic encephalitis; Paraneoplastic antibody

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZATHIOPRINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETIRACETAM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY; HARKOSERIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PHENYTOIN; RITUXIMAB;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AMNESIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEJA VU; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONPARANEOPLASTIC LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; PARANEOPLASTIC ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AMNESIA; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY DISORDERS; SEIZURES;

EID: 84890871032     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2013.0607     Document Type: Note

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