title: Response to immunotherapy in a 20-month-old boy with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Pediatrics, Mayo Clinic Foundation and College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905,USA. mack.kenneth@mayo.edu
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Wong-Kisiel
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Renaud
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kotagal
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dalmau
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Mack
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood; D020274:Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology; D020820:Dyskinesias / Q000209:etiology; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005076:Exanthema / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000276:immunology*; D000069283:Rituximab; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology; D013035:Spasm / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D001323:Autoantibodies; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D000069283:Rituximab; D008775:Methylprednisolone
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