Encephalitis
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Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis
Author: Meaghan Mercer, DOEmergency Medicine ResidentUniversity of Nevada School of MedicineAAEM/RSA Immediate Past President This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. A 19 year old otherwise healthy female presents to the ED with five weeks of changed behavior with increasing agitation, paranoia, violent behavior, and facial tics. The patient has no psychiatric history and […] -
“A Whole Herd of Zebras:” Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis
This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Author: Jonathan Morgan, OMSIIIMedical StudentLake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine-Bradenton Background In 2005 neuro-oncology researchers at the University of Pennsylvania first described a strange neurologic syndrome, found in a group of young women with ovarian teratomas, which consisted of acute psychosis followed by the development of motor […]
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