Deep brain stimulation in status dystonicus caused by anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2019 Sep:66:255-257. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2019.07.023. Epub 2019 Jul 20.

¹ Department of Pediatric Neurology, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Neurology, Hazrat Rasool Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, Hazrat Rasool Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease and the Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic, Toronto Western Hospital and Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Krembil Brain Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Hazrat Rasool Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: rohani.m@iums.ac.ir.

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Keywords: Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis; Autoimmune encephalitis; Deep brain stimulation; Encephalitis; Status dystonicus; Treatment.

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