Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor-Mediated Encephalitis in Infants and Toddlers: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 181-184

  Goldberg, Ethan M ^a,b   Titulaer, Maarten ^b,c   De Blank, Peter M ^d   Sievert, Angela ^a   Ryan, Nicole ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anti NMDA receptor encephalitis; encephalitis; NMDA receptor; pediatric

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DEXAMETHASONE; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; RITUXIMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ANGER; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD; CHOREOATHETOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DYSKINESIA; DYSMETRIA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSTONIA; ECHOLALIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MUTISM; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SPEECH DISORDER; SUBCORTEX; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; TREATMENT DURATION; VOCALIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHITE MATTER;

ANTI-NMDA RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALITIS; NMDA RECEPTOR; PEDIATRIC;

ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 84891946455     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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