Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis: distinct pattern of disease

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-361462
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.36146

Leypoldt, F. ; Buchert, R. ; Kleiter, I. ; Marienhagen, Jörg

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Abstract

Background: Patients with encephalitis associated with antibodies against N-methyl-D-aspartate-receptor antibody (NMDAR-ab) encephalitis frequently show psychotic symptoms, amnesia, seizures and movement disorders. While brain MRI in NMDAR-ab encephalitis is often normal, abnormalities of cerebral glucose metabolism have been demonstrated by positron emission tomography (PET) with ...