A case report of complement C4B deficiency in a patient with steroid and IVIG-refractory anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

A case report of complement C4B deficiency in a patient with steroid and IVIG-refractory anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

Abstract Background Complement C4A or C4B deficiency has never been reported in autoantibody-associated encephalitides patient. Here we present a case of anti-N-methyl- D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis associated with homozygous C4B deficiency, who did not respond to intravenous immunoglobul...

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Main Authors: Gilbert T. Chua, Danlei Zhou, Alvin Chi Chung Ho, Sophelia Hoi Shan Chan, Chack Yung Yu, Yu Lung Lau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
Homozygous C4B deficiency
Plasmapheresis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-020-01906-x

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