Bilateral frontal cortex encephalitis and paraparesis in a patient with anti-MOG antibodies

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 534-536

  Fujimori, Juichi ^a   Takai, Yoshiki ^b   Nakashima, Ichiro ^b   Sato, Douglas Kazutoshi ^b   Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^b,c   Kaneko, Kimihiko ^b   Nishiyama, Shuhei ^b   Watanabe, Mika ^d   Tanji, Hiroaki ^a   Kobayashi, Michiko ^a   Misu, Tatsuro ^b   Aoki, Masashi ^b   Fujihara, Kazuo ^b  

^a TOHOKU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Yonezawa National Hospital   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

NEUROIMMUNOLOGY

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE; AUTOANTIBODY; GLUCOCORTICOID; MOG PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BILATERAL FRONTAL CORTEX ENCEPHALITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENCEPHALITIS; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; BIOPSY; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; FRONTAL LOBE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN-OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN; PARAPARESIS; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 85019742078     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2016-315094     Document Type: Article

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