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Autoimmune disorder due to encephalitis with NMDA receptor antibodies

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Link to WHO Definition

Autoimmune disorder due to encephalitis with NMDA receptor antibodies – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1516151818

This is a groups of disorders in which autonomic dysfunction is secondary to an encephalitis characterised by positive N-methyl D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antibodies. Patients progress from mental status changes, seizures and language dysfunction to unresponsiveness with catatonic features often associated with abnormal movements and autonomic and breathing instability.