Isolated Psychiatric Symptoms in Children With Anti-N-Methyl-d Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis.
Grace GombolayJ Nicholas BrentonJennifer H YangCoral M StrednyRyan KammeyerKristen S FisherAlexander J SandweissTimothy A EricksonVarun KannanCatherine OttenClaude SteriadeNgocHanh VuJonathan D SantoroKarla Robles-LopezRobert GoodrichScott OtallahJanetta ArellanoAndrew ChristianaMorgan MorrisMark P GormanAlexandra B KornbluhIlana KahnLeigh SepetaYike JiangEyal MuscalKristy O MurrayManikum MoodleyDuriel HardyPublished in: Pediatric neurology (2024)
Isolated first-episode psychiatric symptoms in pNMDARE are uncommon, and the majority of children will exhibit additional neurodiagnostic abnormalities. Delaying immunotherapy in a child with isolated psychiatric symptoms and normal neurodiagnostic testing may be warranted while awaiting confirmatory antibody testing.