A CASE REPORT ON ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS

Sherin Alexander; Anila Kn

doi:10.22159/ajpcr.2017v10i1.14837

Authors

Sherin Alexander 1Pharm D, Department of Pharmacy Practice Amrita School of Pharmacy, Kochi, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University, Kerala, India
Anila Kn 2Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy Practice Amrita School of Pharmacy, Kochi, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University, Kerala, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2017v10i1.14837

Abstract

Anti N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) re-ceptor en-cephalitis is an immune medi-ated disorder and it is a dis-order of the limbic system that largely af-fects female children. Anti-NMDA recep-tor encephalitis was actually described as a paraneoplastic syndrome as it is associated with ovarian teratomas con-taining neural tissue with an-tibodies cross reacting to the NMDA recep-tors. Here we discuss a case of NMDA re-ceptor en-cephalitis.

Keywords: Anti NMDA, Paraneoplastic Syndrome, Tera-toma.

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