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A 16-year-old girl ...
A 16-year-old girl with anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis and family history of psychotic disorders
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Cleland, N (författare)
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Lieblich, S (författare)
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- Schalling, M (författare)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Rahm, C (författare)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- 2015-06-01
- 2015
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Acta neuropsychiatrica. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1601-5215 .- 0924-2708. ; 27:6, s. 375-379
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- Autoimmune NMDA-R encephalitis (ANRE) shares clinical features with schizophrenia. Recent research also indicates that both disorders are associated with dysfunction of the N-Methyl-D-Aspartate glutamate receptors (NMDA-R) subunit 1.MethodsWe present the case of Ms A, 16 years old. Ms A presented with acute personality change, bizarre behaviour, delusional ideas and atypical seizures. She had a family history of psychotic disorders, and autistic traits diagnosed in childhood. She was initially diagnosed with a psychotic disorder. Delayed testing of CSF indicated ANRE. As the patient was a Jehovah's witness the treating team was unable to use gammaglobulin therapy; they instead relied on combined plasmapheresis and rituximab. To exclude the possibility that the affected members of this family shared a gene coding for an abnormal configuration of the NMDA receptor subunit 1 we sequenced the region of the GRIN1 gene in DNA extracted from blood in both Ms A and her grandmother.ResultsMs A’s condition improved dramatically, though her long-term memory is still demonstrably impaired. No genetic abnormality was detected.ConclusionsThis case emphasizes how important it is, for a first episode psychosis, to exclude ANRE and other autoimmune synaptic encephalitides, even in the face of significant family history, and if seronegative, the importance of testing for CSF autoantibodies.
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