Rituximab Used Successfully in the Treatment of Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis

We report the case of a young woman with anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis, without tumor, who was successfully treated with rituximab. Because conventional immunotherapy, including corticosteroids, immunoglobulin (IVIg), and plasma exchange showed little improvement in our pat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Internal Medicine 2012, Vol.51(12), pp.1585-1589
Hauptverfasser:	Ikeguchi, Ryotaro, Shibuya, Koichi, Akiyama, Shigeo, Hino, Shuji, Kubo, Hiromasa, Takeda, Takahiro, Shibata, Noriyuki, Yamamoto, Kenji
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adrenal Cortex Hormones - therapeutic use Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis - diagnosis Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis - immunology Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis - therapy Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived - therapeutic use Electroencephalography encephalitis Female Humans Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - therapeutic use Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use NMDA receptor Plasma Exchange Rituximab treatment tumor Young Adult
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