Isolated Craniocervical Dystonia Without Initial Neuropsychiatric Manifestations Associated with NMDA‐Receptor Antibodies.

Isolated Craniocervical Dystonia Without Initial Neuropsychiatric Manifestations Associated with NMDA-Receptor Antibodies We describe a patient presenting with isolated craniocervical dystonia and serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) NMDAR antibody positivity, without other manifestations of encephalitis at presentation. Keywords: NMDA; craniocervical dystonia; autoimmune encephalitis EN NMDA craniocervical dystonia autoimmune encephalitis 680 682 3 04/18/23 20230401 NES 230401 N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis classically manifests as varying combinations of neuropsychiatric disturbance, autonomic dysfunction, hypoventilation, and salient movement disorders. [Extracted from the article]