1. Seasonal variation and temporal relationship to the COVID-19 pandemic of NMDA receptor antibody results.
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Rogers, Jonathan P., Chou, Michael K. L., Pollak, Thomas A., Eyre, Michael, Krutikov, Maria, Church, Andrew, Hart, Melanie S., Karim, Abid, Michael, Sophia, Vincent, Angela, David, Anthony S., Lewis, Glyn, Jacob, Saiju, and Zandi, Michael S.
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ANTI-NMDA receptor encephalitis ,METHYL aspartate receptors ,RECEPTOR antibodies ,COVID-19 pandemic ,SEASONS - Abstract
However, case reports of NMDA receptor antibody encephalitis occurring in the context of infection with I Haemophilus influenzae i , human herpesvirus 6, mumps virus, I Enterovirus i , I Mycoplasma pneumoniae i and Japanese encephalitis virus have been reported [[3]], but the most robust association is with herpes simplex encephalitis, which one study found to be followed within a year by NMDA receptor antibody encephalitis in 18% of individuals [[5]]. The other potential effect is that the restrictions instituted by many countries could have suppressed the circulation of other infectious agents that may trigger NMDA receptor antibody encephalitis. Dear Sirs, I N i -methyl d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antibody encephalitis, since its description in 2007, has emerged as one of the most common causes of encephalitis among young people in the developed world [[1]]. Most importantly, there are limitations in this study's face validity in that it measured antibody results rather than actual diagnoses of NMDA receptor antibody encephalitis. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2023
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