TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of clinical diagnostic criteria for anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis in children
T2 - a case report
AU - Mangunatmadja, Irawan
AU - Fauziyah, Ricca
AU - Rafli, Achmad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Indonesian Pediatric Society Publishing House. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - Encephalitis is a neurological disorder that develops rapidly into a progressive encephalopathy caused by inflammatory processes in the brain. The incidence of encephalitis in developed countries is 5-10 per 100,000 per year. Encephalitis can affect all ages and cause long-term effects on patients, their families, and society.1-3 Autoimmune encephalitis, including anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis, is increasingly recognized as a cause of encephalitis in children and has a considerable mortality rate of 5-7%.4 Physicians should suspect anti-NMDAR encephalitis in patients with prominent neuropsychiatric symptoms and movement disorder.1-3 We report here a case of anti-NMDAR encephalitis and discuss the role of clinical criteria in diagnosing anti-NMDAR encephalitis in children.
AB - Encephalitis is a neurological disorder that develops rapidly into a progressive encephalopathy caused by inflammatory processes in the brain. The incidence of encephalitis in developed countries is 5-10 per 100,000 per year. Encephalitis can affect all ages and cause long-term effects on patients, their families, and society.1-3 Autoimmune encephalitis, including anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis, is increasingly recognized as a cause of encephalitis in children and has a considerable mortality rate of 5-7%.4 Physicians should suspect anti-NMDAR encephalitis in patients with prominent neuropsychiatric symptoms and movement disorder.1-3 We report here a case of anti-NMDAR encephalitis and discuss the role of clinical criteria in diagnosing anti-NMDAR encephalitis in children.
KW - anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor
KW - anti-NMDAR encephalitis
KW - encephalitis
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U2 - 10.14238/pi62.1.2022.66-71
DO - 10.14238/pi62.1.2022.66-71
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85127284931
SN - 0030-9311
VL - 62
SP - 66
EP - 71
JO - Paediatrica Indonesiana(Paediatrica Indonesiana)
JF - Paediatrica Indonesiana(Paediatrica Indonesiana)
IS - 1
ER -