Limbic encephalitis with mGluR5 antibodies and immunotherapy-responsive prosopagnosia

Neurology. 2014 Oct 7;83(15):1384-6. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000865. Epub 2014 Sep 5.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Autoantibodies / blood
  • Autoantibodies / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Immunoglobulin G / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Limbic Encephalitis / blood
  • Limbic Encephalitis / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Limbic Encephalitis / complications
  • Limbic Encephalitis / drug therapy
  • Limbic Encephalitis / immunology*
  • Limbic Encephalitis / therapy
  • Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Plasma Exchange
  • Prosopagnosia / blood
  • Prosopagnosia / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Prosopagnosia / complications
  • Prosopagnosia / drug therapy*
  • Prosopagnosia / immunology*
  • Prosopagnosia / therapy
  • Receptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5 / drug effects
  • Receptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5 / immunology*

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • GRM5 protein, human
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Receptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5
  • Methylprednisolone