Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor antibody mediated neurologic relapse post herpes simplex encephalitis: A case series

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2016, Pages e258-e261

  Geoghegan, Sarah ^a   Walsh, Aoibhinn ^b   King, Mary D ^a,c   Lynch, Bryan ^a   Webb, David ^b   Twomey, Eilish ^a   Ronan Leahy, T ^a,b   Butler, Karina ^a,b,c   Gavin, Patrick ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

herpes simplex encephalitis; movement disorder post herpes simplex encephalitis; N methyl D aspartate receptor; relapse of herpes simplex encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CLONIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; GABAPENTIN; HALOPERIDOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; TETRABENAZINE; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA; AUTOANTIBODY; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADD ON THERAPY; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALITIS; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHOREA; CHOREOATHETOSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEMIBALLISM; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFANT; MALE; OROFACIAL DYSKINESIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ATHETOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; IMMUNOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ATHETOSIS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHOREA; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84966714056     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001205     Document Type: Article

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