Anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis: a cause of psychiatric, seizure, and movement disorders in young adults

Lancet Neurol. 2008 Dec;7(12):1074-5. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70225-4. Epub 2008 Oct 11.
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Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Autoantibodies / immunology
  • Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System / immunology*
  • Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System / physiopathology
  • Brain / immunology*
  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Encephalitis / complications*
  • Encephalitis / immunology*
  • Encephalitis / physiopathology
  • Epilepsy / immunology
  • Epilepsy / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Movement Disorders / immunology
  • Movement Disorders / physiopathology
  • Neurocognitive Disorders / immunology
  • Neurocognitive Disorders / physiopathology
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System / immunology
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System / physiopathology
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / immunology*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate