Increased Prevalence of Diverse N -Methyl-D-Aspartate Glutamate Receptor Antibodies in Patients With an Initial Diagnosis of Schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Johann Steiner,
Martin Walter,
Wenzel Glanz,
Zoltán Sarnyai,
HansGert Bernstein,
Stefan Vielhaber,
Andrea Kästner,
Martin Skalej,
Wolfgang Jordan,
Kolja Schiltz,
Christine Klingbeil,
KlausPeter Wandinger,
Bernhard Bogerts,
Winfried Stoecker
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
jama psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.531
H-Index - 365
eISSN - 2168-6238
pISSN - 2168-622X
DOI - 10.1001/2013.jamapsychiatry.86
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , glutamate receptor , nmda receptor , medicine , psychiatry , antibody , receptor , psychology , immunology
Evidence for symptomatic convergence of schizophrenia and N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor (NMDA-R) encephalitis highlights the need for an assessment of antibody prevalence and specificity for distinct disease mechanisms in patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia among glutamatergic pathophysiologic abnormalities in psychiatric disorders.
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