Anti-NMDA-R encephalitis: Should we consider extreme delta brush as electrical status epilepticus?

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 17-25

  Chanson, Eve ^a   Bicilli, Élodie ^a   Lauxerois, Michel ^a   Kauffmann, Sophie ^a   Chabanne, Russell ^a   Ducray, François ^b,c   Honnorat, Jérome ^b,c   Clavelou, Pierre ^a,d   Rosenberg, Sarah ^a,e  

^a SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^c LYON NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^d CD   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Autoimmune encephalitis; Delta activity; N methyl d aspartate receptor; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CEFTRIAXONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HARKOSERIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PHENOBARBITAL; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ANTI N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DELTA RHYTHM; DYSAUTONOMIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; EXTREME DELTA BRUSH; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTUBATION; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NON CONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; OROFACIAL DYSKINESIA; OVARY TERATOMA; SEDATION; SOMNOLENCE; STIFF NECK; ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

ADULT; ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84975689904     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: 17697131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2015.12.009     Document Type: Article

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