Uncommon Cause of Psychotic Behavior in a 9-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report

Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors encephalitis (ANMDARE) is a well-defined, life threatening, but treatable disorder that often occurs as a paraneoplastic manifestation of ovarian teratomas in adult women. We report a child with this disorder who displayed a subacute onset of delirium, seizures,...

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Main Authors: Willemina K. Van Putten, Said Hachimi-Idrissi, Anna Jansen, Viola Van Gorp, Luc Huyghens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/358520