%0 Journal Article
%T Pediatric anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis with catatonia: treatment with electroconvulsive therapy
%A Joseph Cooper
%A Karyn Gerstle
%A Khalid Afzal
%A Linda Wagner-Weiner
%A Ryan Rosenberger
%A Taha Moussa
%J Archive of "Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal".
%D 2019
%R 10.1186/s12969-019-0310-0
%X Bush Francis Catatonia Rating Scale (BFCRS) changes over ECT course. As shown, the patient¡¯s BFCRS improved from 27 to 2 over 8£¿cycles of ECT. Mild improvement was noted over the first 4 treatments; however more significant improvement occurred between the 4th and 8th cycle
%K Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
%K Catatonia
%K Electroconvulsive therapy
%K Plasma exchange
%K Rituximab
%K Intravenous immunoglobulins
%K Corticosteroids
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6378721/