England rugby star Abi Burton opens up on remarkable comeback after life-threatening brain inflammation diagnosis - Abi ...

‘I’m not the same person I was before’: England rugby star Abi Burton on encephalitis diagnosis - Back-row forward Abi Burton opens up about her life-threatening diagnosis and remarkable comeback. By ...

October 20, 2008 – Tumor removal and immunotherapy can reverse anti-NMDA–receptor encephalitis, researchers show. Reporting in an early release published online October 11 in Lancet Neurology, ...

These antibodies disrupt the functioning of the ligand-gated cation channels formed by the NMDAR, which result in profound psychiatric and neurologic disturbances. The psychiatric symptoms often ...

It remains difficult to distinguish anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis from a primary psychiatric disorder, but recent studies have identified clinical features and proposed screening criteria that could ...

Anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis was first reported to develop in female young adults with ovarian teratoma. However, another study with a larger cohort reported that more than one-third of all ...

Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is an inflammatory disease that affects the central nervous system. It is a rare autoimmune disease that results in the body producing antibodies against the NMDA ...