VZV brainstem encephalitis triggers NMDA receptor immunoreaction

Neurology. 2014 Dec 9;83(24):2309-11. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001072. Epub 2014 Nov 5.

Authors

Wolf-Rüdiger Schäbitz¹, Andreas Rogalewski², Christoph Hagemeister², Christian G Bien²

Affiliations

¹ From Bethel-EvKB (W.-R.S., A.R., C.H.); and Epilepsy Centre Bethel (C.G.B.), Krankenhaus Mara, Bielefeld, Germany. [email protected].
² From Bethel-EvKB (W.-R.S., A.R., C.H.); and Epilepsy Centre Bethel (C.G.B.), Krankenhaus Mara, Bielefeld, Germany.

PMID: 25378669
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001072

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis / etiology
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis / immunology*
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis / pathology
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis / physiopathology
Autoantibodies / analysis*
Autoantibodies / blood
Autoantibodies / cerebrospinal fluid
Brain Stem / immunology*
Brain Stem / pathology
Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster / complications
Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster / immunology*
Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster / pathology
Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster / physiopathology
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neuroimmunomodulation
Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / immunology*

Substances

Autoantibodies
NR1 NMDA receptor
Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate