Pediatric Opsoclonus-Myoclonus-Ataxia Syndrome Associated With Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Encephalitis. Pediatr Neurol 2015 Nov;53(5):456-8
Date
09/06/2015Pubmed ID
26341674DOI
10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2015.07.010Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84945463827 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 15 CitationsAbstract
BACKGROUND: The full clinical spectrum of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis is unknown in the pediatric population.
PATIENT: We describe a previously healthy 4-year-old girl presenting with opsoclonus-myoclonus together with ataxia who had NR1-specific, anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antibodies in the cerebral spinal fluid.
CONCLUSION: The presence of NR1-specific, anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antibodies in the setting of opsoclonus-myoclonus and ataxia syndrome may represent an expansion of the clinical presentations of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis.
Author List
Player B, Harmelink M, Bordini B, Weisgerber M, Girolami M, Croix MAuthors
Brett J. Bordini MD Associate Professor in the Pediatrics department at Medical College of WisconsinBrittany Player DO Assistant Professor in the Pediatrics department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor EncephalitisAutoantibodies
Child, Preschool
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome
Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
