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Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis presenting as an acute psychotic episode misdiagnosed as dissociative disorder: a case report

BACKGROUND: In 2005, “anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis,” a syndrome with prominent psychiatric symptoms, memory loss, decrease in level of consciousness, and central hypoventilation, was described in young women with ovarian teratomas and antibodies against an antigen highly ex...

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Autores principales: Shimoyama, Yuichiro, Umegaki, Osamu, Agui, Tomoyuki, Kadono, Noriko, Minami, Toshiaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5818849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29497677
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40981-016-0048-3