Anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis: an unusual treatable cause of chronic insomnia?

We describe an unusual case of severe and chronic insomnia that proved to be eminently treatable. Initially presumed to be of primary psychiatric/toxicological origin, certain clinical and paraclinical clues led us to the diagnosis of NMDA-receptor encephalitis, an immune-mediated disease of the bra...

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Published in:	Sleep Science
Main Authors:	Wietse A. Wiels, Yacine Boudiba, Laura Seynaeve, Sylvie De Raedt
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2021-10-01
Subjects:	anti-nmda-receptor encephalitis insomnia immune-mediated encephalopathy limbic encephalitis
Online Access:	https://www.sleepscience.org.br/details/2931/en-US/anti-nmda-receptor-encephalitis--an-unusual-treatable-cause-of-chronic-insomnia-