Two receptors have now been identified for the virus behind severe hand, foot and mouth disease ( pages 794–797 and 798–801 ).

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In this Case Study, the authors describe paraneoplastic psychosis and catatonia in a patient with encephalitis associated with an immature teratoma of the ovary and NMDA receptor antibodies.

More commonly associated with babies, adults too can experience this condition that can have various symptoms.

Conclusions Paraneoplastic anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is potentially lethal, but usually reversible if promptly recognized and treated. It should be suspected in young women with prominent ...

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Bickerstaff's brain stem encephalitis shares many clinical features but also includes altered consciousness and signs of central nervous system inflammation. Treatment strategies tried have been ...

Methods An unimmunised 16 year old boy presented to Accident and Emergency with vomiting and unsteadiness 10 days following parotid swelling and suspected mumps. 48 h later he developed clear ...

Qualitative brainstem CT perfusion showed 98.5% sensitivity yet only 74.4% specificity. Qualitative whole-brain CT perfusion achieved 93.6% sensitivity and 92.3% specificity.

Brain swelling, or cerebral edema, is a medical emergency. Learn about the evidence-based treatments doctors use to reduce ...

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