Letter to the Editor: NMDA receptor autoimmunity in mania following HSV encephalitis

Psychol Med. 2018 May;48(7):1221-1223. doi: 10.1017/S0033291718000053. Epub 2018 Feb 14.

Authors

Graham Blackman¹, Nicholas Moran², Eli Silber², Christopher Symeon¹, Franz Brunnhuber³, Asif Mazumder⁴, Fatima Jaffer², Thomas Pollak¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychosis Studies,Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London,London,UK.
² Department of Neurology,King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,London,UK.
³ Department of Neurophysiology,King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,London,UK.
⁴ Department of Neuroradiology,King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,London,UK.

PMID: 29439749
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291718000053

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis / cerebrospinal fluid
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis / etiology*
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis / virology
Bipolar Disorder / etiology*
Bipolar Disorder / virology
Brain / physiopathology*
Electroencephalography
Encephalitis, Viral / cerebrospinal fluid
Encephalitis, Viral / complications*
Herpesvirus 1, Human / pathogenicity*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male

Grants and funding

105758/Z/14/Z/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom