Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis with Catatonia Treated by Plasmapheresis

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-23-5-7

Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis with Catatonia Treated by Plasmapheresis

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 23 (2009): Issue 5

By: J Gordon Millichap

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|May 2009

Abstract

The case of a 12-year-old girl with anti-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is reported by researchers from Augsburg and Bonn, Germany, and Oxford, UK.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-23-5-7 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 38 - 38

Published on: May 1, 2009

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Paresthesia and Hypotonia,

Psychogenic Seizures,

Hyperventilation

© 2009 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 23 (2009): Issue 5