Optic neuritis in the setting of NMDA receptor encephalitis

Alvaro Cobo-Calvo1, Cristina Izquierdo Gracia, Silvia M Quiñones

  • 1Multiple Sclerosis Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain Neurology Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL. L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain Neuro-ophtalmology Unit, Ophtalmology Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL. L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge, Hospital Duran i Reynals, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain Department of Neurology, Hospital Clinic, and Institut d´Investigacio Biomedica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), and University of Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain Multiple Sclerosis Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.

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