Visual dysfunction, but not retinal thinning, following anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

Neurology: Neuroimmunology and NeuroInflammation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Brandt, Alexander U ^a   Oberwahrenbrock, Timm ^a   Mikolajczak, Janine ^a   Zimmermann, Hanna ^a   Prüss, Harald ^a,b   Paul, Friedemann ^a,b   Finke, Carsten ^b,c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINAL INNER NUCLEAR LAYER; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; RETINAL OUTER NUCLEAR LAYER; RETINAL OUTER PLEXIFORM LAYER; SCORING SYSTEM; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 85039042456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23327812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000000198     Document Type: Article

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