Encephalitis by antibodies against N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors secondary to leptospirosis



Document title: Encephalitis by antibodies against N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors secondary to leptospirosis
Journal: Revista médica del Hospital General de México
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000439488
ISSN: 0185-1063
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Hospital General de México, Servicio de Pediatría, Ciudad de México. México
Year:
Season: Ene-Mar
Volumen: 82
Number: 1
Pages: 44-49
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Caso clínico
English abstract Receptors N-methyl D-aspartame are proteins that form ion channels permeable to Ca++, and intervene in synaptic transmission and control the electrical impulses of the Central Nervous system, intervening in functions such as perception, memory, judgment, learning, human interaction and autonomic functions such as berthing and swallowing. A case in presented in 13 a female of 13 years old which was initially handled as viral encephalitis, accompanied by compulsive crisis, and later as a psychiatric patient, with symptoms such as hallucinations, delirium, language incoherent self and hetero aggressiveness, secondary to a neuroinfection by Leptospirosis
Disciplines: Medicina
Keyword: Inmunología,
Neurología,
Microbiología,
Infecciones neurológicas,
Leptospirosis,
Efectos secundarios,
Encefalitis
Keyword: Immunology,
Neurology,
Microbiology,
Neurological infections,
Leptospirosis,
Secondary effects,
Encephalitis
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