Auto-antibody-negative limbic-like encephalitis as the first manifestation of Neurosyphilis

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Aug;115(8):1485-7. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.11.012. Epub 2012 Dec 21.
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Keywords: Autoimmune diseases; Encephalitis; Seizures; Syphilis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Alcoholism / complications
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Autoantibodies / analysis
  • Autoantibodies / immunology*
  • Cognition Disorders / etiology
  • Epilepsy, Generalized / complications
  • Humans
  • Levetiracetam
  • Limbic Encephalitis / etiology
  • Limbic Encephalitis / immunology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neurosyphilis / complications
  • Neurosyphilis / immunology*
  • Piracetam / analogs & derivatives
  • Piracetam / therapeutic use
  • Thiamine / therapeutic use
  • Vitamins / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Autoantibodies
  • Vitamins
  • Levetiracetam
  • Thiamine
  • Piracetam