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Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis in Japan: Long-Term Outcome Without Tumor Removal Neurol 70:504-511,500, Iizuka,T.,et al, 2008 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract 1) These findings indicate that ?juvenile acute nonherpetic encephalitis? or a subset of this disorder is mediated by an antibody-associated immune response against NR1/NR2 heteromers of the NMDA receptor (NMDAR). 2) Our patients? clinical features emphasize that anti-NMDAR encephalitis is severe but potentially reversible and may precede by years the detection of an ovarian teratoma. 3) Although recovery may occur without tumor removal, the severity and extended duration of symptoms support tumor removal.

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