Journal article
Limbic encephalitis presenting as a post-partum psychiatric condition.
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OBJECTIVE: We describe a woman who presented with a psychiatric disorder post-partum and subsequently developed seizures and cognitive dysfunction prompting further investigation. A diagnosis of limbic encephalitis (LE) was made and antibodies to voltage-gated potassium channel complex (VGKC) detected. These antibodies are found in many non-paraneoplastic patients with LE. Although antibody-mediated conditions tend to present or relapse post-partum, VGKC-LE in the post-partum period has not ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Journal of the neurological sciences
- Volume:
- 308
- Issue:
- 1-2
- Pages:
- 152-154
- Publication date:
- 2011-09-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1878-5883
- ISSN:
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0022-510X
- Source identifiers:
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243962
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:243962
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- pubs:243962
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- 2011
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