Limbic encephalitis due to GABABand AMPA receptor antibodies: A case series

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 965-972

  Dogan Onugoren, Müjgan ^a   Deuretzbacher, D ^b   Haensch, C A ^c   Hagedorn, H J ^d   Halve, S ^e   Isenmann, S ^c   Kramme, C ^a   Lohner, H ^f   Melzer, N ^g   Monotti, R ^h   Presslauer, S ⁱ   Schabitz W R ^j   Steffanoni, S ^h   Stoeck, K ^k   Strittmatter, M ^l   Stögbauer, F ^m   Trinka, E ⁿ   Von Oertzen, T J ^o   Wiendl, H ^g   Woermann, F G ^a   Bien, C G ^a   more..

^a EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^d Laboratory Krone   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^f RoMed Clinical Centre Rosenheim   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^h Ospedale La Carita   (Switzerland)

ⁱ WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^j EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^l Klinikum Merzig   (Germany)

^m Andreas Bannowsky Ltd   (Germany)

ⁿ PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^o KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DEPENDENT LYMPHOCYTOTOXICITY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN CORTEX; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CASE STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CANCER; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; BLOOD; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY;

AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84940670502     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2014-308814     Document Type: Article

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