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ArticleCureus2020

Not Your Average Seizure: A Case of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis and Review of Literature.

Talal Alkayali, Stephen Bell, Caitlin Bass, Natalia Lattanzio, Natan Kraitman

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 45% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Talal AlkayaliInternal Medicine, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Florida State University College of Medicine, Sarasota, USA.
Stephen BellInternal Medicine, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Florida State University College of Medicine, Sarasota, USA.
Caitlin BassInternal Medicine, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Florida State University College of Medicine, Sarasota, USA.
Natalia LattanzioInternal Medicine, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Florida State University College of Medicine, Sarasota, USA.
Natan KraitmanInternal Medicine, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Florida State University College of Medicine, Sarasota, USA.
Florida State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Encephalitis is an inflammatory process of the brain that is most commonly related to infectious etiology; nonetheless, autoimmune encephalitis has been an increasingly identified entity that can cause it as well and should be considered. N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis is a recently identified process but remains less recognized than autoimmune encephalitis. We report a case of an 18-year old female who initially presented with seizures and later developed behavioral symptoms of agitation, crying, screaming, and emotional lability. Ultimately, she was found to have NMDA receptor encephalitis related to ovarian paraneoplastic teratoma. The patient was treated with anti-epileptics and intravenous immunoglobulin and underwent oophorectomy that lead to her recovery. This case highlights the importance of early recognition of NMDA receptor encephalitis to facilitate appropriate investigations and management.

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anti-n-methyl-d-aspartateautoimmune encephalitisovarian teratomaseizure

Identifiers

PMID32714709
PMCPMC7377656
OpenAlexW3041819097

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