N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Autoimmune Encephalitis Presenting With Opsoclonus-Myoclonus
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N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor autoimmune encephalitis presenting with opsoclonus-myoclonus: treatment response to plasmapheresis.
OBJECTIVES To report the clinical, laboratory, and radiographic features and the response to plasmapheresis in a patient with encephalopathy, opsoclonus, and myoclonus whose cerebrospinal fluid was positive for N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-IgG. DESIGN Case report. SETTING St Marys Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota. PATIENT A 27-year-old woman with a history of episodic migraine developed su...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Neurology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0003-9942
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2011.166