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Clinical and electrographic features of persistent seizures and status epilepticus associated with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis (anti-NMDARE) Volume 22, numéro 6, December 2020

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(1) In this cohort, what was a key unifying risk factor for both persistent seizures and status epilepticus?

 

(2) Were focal or generalized seizures seen more commonly in this anti-NMDARE cohort?

 

(3) What sociodemographic concerns were identified in the treatment of anti-NMDARE in this cohort?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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(1) Younger age

 

(2) Focal, frontal-lobe in origin

 

(3) Care was often fragmented between multiple institutions, and Hispanic patients were at increased risk of status epilepticus.

 

 

 

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