Clinical Features and Outcomes of Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis in Infants and Toddlers
Clinical Features and Outcomes of Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis in Infants and Toddlers
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DOI:
10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2021.02.009
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发表时间:
2021-04-07
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Fang, Fang
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作者:
Ren, Changhong;Zhang, Weihua;Fang, Fang
Objective: We describe the clinical features and outcomes of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis in infants and toddlers.Methods: This was a single-center retrospective study. Infants and toddlers who met the diagnostic criteria for anti-NMDAR encephalitis were recruited for the study. Data on clinical features, treatment, and long-term outcomes were collected retrospectively.Results: A total of 41 patients (age range: six to 34 months; median age: 23 months; female: 19) were enrolled in this study. Nineteen (46%) patients exhibited classical anti-NMDAR encephalitis, whereas 22 (54%) patients exhibited anti-NMDAR encephalitis after viral encephalitis. There was a high presentation of movement disorders (10 0%), developmental regression (90%), abnormal behaviors (90%). All patients were administered first-line therapy, with only 17% of them being administered second-line immunotherapy. Two patients succumbed to the disease, whereas none of them relapsed. At the long-term follow-up (more than one year), 20 of 35 (57%) exhibited satisfactory outcomes (modified Rankin Scale