Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2019

NMDA Receptor Encephalitis in a pregnant woman: An unusual entity

Sharma R, Garg D, Rastogi P, Mali A

Abstract :

A 28 year old woman at 24 weeks pregnancy, with no history of neuro –psychiatric disorder in the family or past; presented with short history of frank psychosis, abnormal movements and signs of autonomic instability presented to the obstetrics outpatient clinic .There was no history of fever and joint pain. Her neurology consultation was done and a strong possibility of autoimmune encephalitis was kept and serum NMDA receptor antibodies were assessed. She was diagnosed of having NMDA receptor encephalitis. No ovarian tumour was diagnosed along with that. She responded well to second line immune suppression therapy.

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NMDA RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS IN A PREGNANT WOMAN: AN UNUSUAL ENTITY, Sharma R, Garg D, Rastogi P, Mali A PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-5 | May-2019

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