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Encephalitis

Known as: inflammation of the brain, Brain Inflammation, Brain Inflammations 
Inflammation of the BRAIN due to infection, autoimmune processes, toxins, and other conditions. Viral infections (see ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL) are a… (More)

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Cellular and synaptic mechanisms of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis.
We recently described a severe, potentially lethal, but treatment-responsive encephalitis that associates with autoantibodies to… (More)
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Investigation of LGI1 as the antigen in limbic encephalitis previously attributed to potassium channels: a case series.
BACKGROUND Voltage-gated potassium channels are thought to be the target of antibodies associated with limbic encephalitis… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
AMPA receptor antibodies in limbic encephalitis alter synaptic receptor location.
OBJECTIVE To report the clinical and immunological features of a novel autoantigen related to limbic encephalitis (LE) and the… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis: case series and analysis of the effects of antibodies.
BACKGROUND A severe form of encephalitis associated with antibodies against NR1-NR2 heteromers of the NMDA receptor was recently… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Paraneoplastic anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis associated with ovarian teratoma.
OBJECTIVE To report the autoantigens of a new category of treatment-responsive paraneoplastic encephalitis. METHODS Analysis of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Beyond viruses: clinical profiles and etiologies associated with encephalitis.
BACKGROUND Encephalitis is a complex syndrome, and its etiology is often not identified. The California Encephalitis Project was… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Differential roles of MDA5 and RIG-I helicases in the recognition of RNA viruses.
The innate immune system senses viral infection by recognizing a variety of viral components (including double-stranded (ds)RNA… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Nipah Virus Encephalitis Reemergence, Bangladesh
We retrospectively investigated two outbreaks of encephalitis in Meherpur and Naogaon, Bangladesh, which occurred in 2001 and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Interleukin-23 rather than interleukin-12 is the critical cytokine for autoimmune inflammation of the brain.
Interleukin-12 (IL-12) is a heterodimeric molecule composed of p35 and p40 subunits. Analyses in vitro have defined IL-12 as an… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Protection against fatal Sindbis virus encephalitis by beclin, a novel Bcl-2-interacting protein.
bcl-2, the prototypic cellular antiapoptotic gene, decreases Sindbis virus replication and Sindbis virus-induced apoptosis in… (More)
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