Herpes simplex virus 1 encephalitis associated with voltage-gated calcium channel autoimmunity

Neurology

Volumn 85, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 2176-2177

  Bradshaw, Michael J ^a   Pawate, Siddharama ^a   Lennon, Vanda A ^b   Bloch, Karen C ^a   Brown, Kelly M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AUTOANTIBODY; AZITHROMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ETIRACETAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONFUSION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LATERAL RECTUS PALSY; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENINGISM; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RIGIDITY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WORD FINDING DIFFICULTY; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; IMMUNOLOGY;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; CALCIUM CHANNELS; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS;

EID: 84951310822     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002218     Document Type: Note

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