A single-health system retrospective case series of electroconvulsive therapy for catatonic syndrome associated with anti-NMDAR encephalitis and new-onset psychosis of suspected immune origin
Background: Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis frequently presents with a wide range of psychiatric and behavioral symptoms such as catatonia and psychosis. Although immunomodulatory therapy, together with the teratoma removal whenever present, is the mainstay treatment, additional treatments are often...
Main Authors: | Sohag N Sanghani, Cristina Fernandez-Carbonell, Sanjeev V Kothare, Simona V Proteasa, Marc Gordon, Heela Azizi, Amy L Mastrangelo, Jason Andrus, Georgios Petrides, Souhel Najjar |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-04-01
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Series: | Journal of Affective Disorders Reports |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666915323000938 |
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