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Open Access
01-07-2012 | Poster presentation
Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis: a newly recognized inflammatory brain disease in children
Authors:
Nadia JC Luca, Tassalapa Daengsuwan, Josep Dalmau, Kevin Jones, Gabrielle deVeber, Jeff Kobayashi, Ronald M Laxer, Susanne M Benseler
Published in:
Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2012
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Excerpt
Inflammatory brain disease causes severe psychiatric and neurological deficits in previously healthy children. The aim of this study was to report characteristic clinical features and outcomes of children diagnosed with Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis, a newly recognized anti-neuronal antibody-mediated inflammatory brain disease, seen by the Rheumatology service over an 18 month period. …