Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis causing a prolonged depressive disorder evolving to inflammatory brain disease

Case Reports in Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-43

  Mariotto, Sara ^a   Tamburin, Stefano ^a   Salviati, Alessandro ^a   Ferrari, Sergio ^a   Zoccarato, Marco ^c   Giometto, Bruno ^c   Bertolasi, Laura ^a   Alessandrini, Franco ^b   Benedetti, Maria Donata ^a   Monaco, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c Department of Neurology Regional Hospital 'Ca' Foncello'   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti N methyl D aspartate receptor encephalitis; Depressive disorder; Optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER; DEMYELINATION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSKINESIA; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HYPERSEXUALITY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; TEGMENTUM; TREATMENT DURATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84900512270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1662680X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000358820     Document Type: Article

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