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SUBMITTER: Labate A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4176685 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 20130529 6
<h4>Background</h4>Patients with anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate-glutamic-receptors (NMDAR) encephalitis often develop complex abnormal movements that may manifest early in the course of illness.<h4>Methods/results</h4>A 17-year-old boy developed paroxysmal exercise-induced right foot weakness, without behavioral change. Two weeks later, he had hyperthermia and convulsive status epilepticus. Intravenous valproate resolved the status, but the paroxysmal episodes of right foot weakness persisted. They r ...[more]