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NMDA receptor antibody encephalitis.
Current neurology and neuroscience reports - 1 Jun 2011
Irani Sarosh R, Vincent Angela
Abstract excerpt
N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antibody encephalitis is a recently described immunotherapy-responsive panencephalitis with characteristic features that include a psychiatric onset and a later movement disorder. This entity was first described as a paraneoplastic phenomenon in young women with ovarian teratomata. However, more recently it has become clear that the majority of patients, particularly...
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