Two cases of acute limbic encephalitis in which symptoms improved as a result of laparoscopic salpingo-oophorectomy

• Autores principales: Atsumu Terada (Autor), Shingo Tasaki (Autor), Takashi Tachibana (Autor), Yoshitaka Sakamoto (Autor), Masato Yokomine (Autor), Takuya Shimomura (Autor), Fumihiro Murakami (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antibody encephalitis is an autoimmune form of limbic encephalitis. Eighty percent of patients with anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis are women, and 39% of those women are reported to have an ovarian teratoma also. When a tumor is also present, prompt...