Autoimmune limbic encephalitis with anti-contactin-associated protein-like 2 antibody secondary to pembrolizumab therapy

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 305, Issue , 2017, Pages 16-18

  Brown, Michael P ^a   Hissaria, Pravin ^a   Hsieh, Amy HC ^a   Kneebone, Christopher ^a   Vallat, Wilson ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CONTACTIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN LIKE 2 ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PEMBROLIZUMAB; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; CNTNAP2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NERVE PROTEIN;

AGED; AMNESIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COLD SENSITIVITY; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DERMATITIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ERYTHEMA; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSITIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LETHARGY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; METASTATIC MELANOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRURITUS; SIDE EFFECT; VITILIGO; WIDE EXCISION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMMUNOLOGY; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MELANOMA;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS;

EID: 85010748396     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: 18728421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2016.12.016     Document Type: Article

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