Important differential in a patient presenting with neuropsychiatric symptoms: Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor encephalitis
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
;
: 306-307, 2017.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is an immune mediated condition, which remains relatively unknown in Malaysia outside tertiary hospitals with neurology unit. It is often misdiagnosed as a psychiatric illness before definitive treatment is instituted. We report here an 18-year-old man who initially presented to the psychiatry unit before he was subsequently diagnosed as having anti-NMDAR encephalitis. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of anti-NMDAR encephalitis in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
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Main subject:
Encephalitis
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Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
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