Clinical reasoning: a 72-year-old man with rapid cognitive decline and unilateral muscle jerks

Neurology. 2014 Jun 3;82(22):e194-7. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000468.

Authors

Mark Duncan¹, Jeremy Cholfin², Lucas Restrepo²

Affiliations

¹ From the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (M.D.); and the Department of Neurology (J.C., L.R.), UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. MDuncan@mednet.ucla.edu.
² From the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (M.D.); and the Department of Neurology (J.C., L.R.), UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

PMID: 24891546
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000468

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cognition Disorders / diagnosis
Cognition Disorders / etiology
Cognition Disorders / physiopathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Immunoglobulins / administration & dosage
Immunoglobulins / pharmacology
Limbic Encephalitis / complications
Limbic Encephalitis / diagnosis*
Limbic Encephalitis / immunology
Limbic Encephalitis / therapy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Movement Disorders / etiology
Movement Disorders / physiopathology
Myoclonus / etiology
Myoclonus / physiopathology
Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated / immunology*

Substances

Immunoglobulins
Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated