Anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis in a pre-teenage girl: A case report

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 681-683

  Nijmeijer, Stephanie ^a   Bontemps, Sander ^a   Naeije, Leonie ^a   Coutinho, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anti N methyl d aspartate receptor; Children; Encephalitis; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AUTOANTIBODY; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; PROPOFOL; PROTEIN; RITUXIMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHOREA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LAPAROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; OROFACIAL DYSKINESIA; OVARY TERATOMA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION; SPEECH DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VOMITING; ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS;

ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84900795174     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-013-2042-3     Document Type: Article

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