Anti-NMDA encephalitis: An uncommon, autoimmune mediated form of encephalitis

Journal of Radiology Case Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Azizyan, Avetis ^a   Albrektson, Joshua R ^a   Maya, Marcel M ^a   Pressman, Barry D ^a   Moser, Franklin ^a  

^a Cedars Sinai Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti NMDA; Encephalitis; MRI; NMDA receptor; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; N-METHYLASPARTATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906855428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3941/jrcr.v8i8.1566     Document Type: Article

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