Rehabilitation for a child with recalcitrant anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis: Case report and literature review

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 2263-2267

  Guo, Yao Hong ^a   Kuan, Ta Shen ^a,b   Hsieh, Pei Chun ^a   Lien, Wei Chih ^a   Chang, Chun Kai ^a   Lin, Yu Ching ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anti NMDA receptor encephalitis; Autoimmune encephalitis; Cognition deficits; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ARIPIPRAZOLE; AZATHIOPRINE; AZITHROMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHOREOATHETOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONALITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROFACIAL DYSKINESIA; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANGE OF MOTION; RECALCITRANT ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 84912105814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S74205     Document Type: Article

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