Re: Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis and other emerging autoimmune brain diseases
http://www.foxsports.com/southwest/s...disease-082214
http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post...n-to-teammates
http://theday.com/article/20140823/S...39971/-1/SPORT
http://www.foxsports.com/southwest/s...disease-082214
Cowboys' Okoye making comeback after missing '13 season with rare disease
Shawn Ramsey
FOX Sports Southwest
AUG 22, 2014 12:37p ET
In 2013, defensive tackle Amobi Okoye was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune syndrome called anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. Now he is working hard to make a comeback to the NFL with the Dallas Cowboy...
Shawn Ramsey
FOX Sports Southwest
AUG 22, 2014 12:37p ET
In 2013, defensive tackle Amobi Okoye was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune syndrome called anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. Now he is working hard to make a comeback to the NFL with the Dallas Cowboy...
http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post...n-to-teammates
Amobi Okoye an inspiration to teammates
August, 21, 2014
By Todd Archer | ESPN.com
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Okoye spent roughly three months in a coma as a result of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, a potentially fatal brain disease. He had to learn how to communicate all over again. A high school graduate at 16, who his agent, Ian Greengross, said could have gone to Harvard, Okoye had trouble with the simplest tasks....
August, 21, 2014
By Todd Archer | ESPN.com
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Okoye spent roughly three months in a coma as a result of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, a potentially fatal brain disease. He had to learn how to communicate all over again. A high school graduate at 16, who his agent, Ian Greengross, said could have gone to Harvard, Okoye had trouble with the simplest tasks....
Strong in spirit, Coast Guard's Kelsey Hickle rises to defeat adversity
By Vickie Fulkerson Publication: The Day
Published August 23. 2014 4:00AM
New London ? On one of her worst days, Kelsey Hickle didn't recognize her father, Bill, when he flew from Texas to see her at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
She couldn't speak, couldn't feed herself, couldn't shower, couldn't write.
Hickle, who wore a blue star on her uniform at the Coast Guard Academy for the highest achievement in physical fitness and who at the time was a sophomore member of the volleyball team, had been stricken by a rare disease, Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis.
The symptoms started slowly. She was tired no matter how much sleep she got. She couldn't concentrate. Her emotions were a roller coaster. Bible verses which she long ago memorized didn't make sense to her. Nothing made sense. Eventually, she was rendered catatonic...
By Vickie Fulkerson Publication: The Day
Published August 23. 2014 4:00AM
New London ? On one of her worst days, Kelsey Hickle didn't recognize her father, Bill, when he flew from Texas to see her at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
She couldn't speak, couldn't feed herself, couldn't shower, couldn't write.
Hickle, who wore a blue star on her uniform at the Coast Guard Academy for the highest achievement in physical fitness and who at the time was a sophomore member of the volleyball team, had been stricken by a rare disease, Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis.
The symptoms started slowly. She was tired no matter how much sleep she got. She couldn't concentrate. Her emotions were a roller coaster. Bible verses which she long ago memorized didn't make sense to her. Nothing made sense. Eventually, she was rendered catatonic...
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