Posterior cortical and white matter changes on MRI in anti-ampa receptor antibody encephalitis

Neurology: Neuroimmunology and NeuroInflammation

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Elamin, Marwa ^a   Lonergan, Roisin ^b   Killeen, Ronan P ^b   O'Riordan, Sean ^b   Tubridy, Niall ^b   McGuigan, Christopher ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NEUTROPHILIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANOIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84962928554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23327812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000000118     Document Type: Short Survey

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