Encephalitis in the Elderly: NMDA-R Encephalitis Mistaken for Dementia

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http://www.neurology.org/content/86/16_Supplement/P6.209.short

[h=1]Encephalitis in the Elderly: NMDA-R Encephalitis Mistaken for Dementia (P6.209)[/h]

• Ashhar Ali[SUB]1[/SUB] and
• Eric Baron[SUB]1[/SUB]

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1. Published online before print April 8, 2015, Neurology April 5, 2016 vol. 86 no. 16 Supplement P6.209

[h=2]Abstract[/h] Objective: To highlight the importance of considering anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis in an elderly patient presenting with a dementia syndrome. Background: Anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis is an immune-mediated syndrome that has increasingly gained attention. While it is often considered in younger patients presenting with subacute development of otherwise-unexplained psychiatric manifestations, the elderly too are at risk for development of this potentially treatable disease...