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Treatment-responsive limbic encephalitis identified by neuropil antibodies: MRI and PET correlates.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Aug 2005
Ances Beau M, Vitaliani Roberta, Taylor Robert A, Liebeskind David S, Voloschin Alfredo, Houghton David J, Galetta Steven L, Dichter Marc, Alavi Abass, Rosenfeld Myrna R, Dalmau Josep
Abstract excerpt
We report seven patients, six from a single institution, who developed subacute limbic encephalitis initially considered of uncertain aetiology. Four patients presented with symptoms of hippocampal dysfunction (i.e. severe short-term memory loss) and three with extensive limbic dysfunction (i.e. confusion, seizures and suspected psychosis). Brain MRI and [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET complemented each other...
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