Anti-NMDAR encephalitis after resection of melanocytic nevi: Report of two cases

BMC Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Yang, Xun zhe ^a   Cui, Li ying ^a   Ren, Hai tao ^a   Qu, Tao ^a   Guan, Hong zhi ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Anti NMDAR encephalitis; Antibody; Melanocytic nevi

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; STEROID; AUTOANTIBODY; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASE REPORT; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; OVARY TERATOMA; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PSYCHOSIS; SEIZURE; SKIN SURGERY; TREATMENT DURATION; YOUNG ADULT; ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; IMMUNOLOGY; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEIZURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SEIZURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84942193850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-015-0424-z     Document Type: Article

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