January 2019; 6 (1) Clinical/Scientific NotesOpen Access
Balint syndrome in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
Aude Metzger, Laure Pisella, Alain Vighetto, Bastien Joubert, Jérôme Honnorat, Caroline Tilikete, Virginie Desestret
First published December 13, 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000532
Aude Metzger
From the Service de neuro-ophtalmologie et neuro-cognition (A.M., A.V., C.T., V.D.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer; IMPACT—Integrative, Multisensory (L.P., A.V., C.T.), Perception, Action and Cognition Team, Centre de recherche des Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL); Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (A.V., B.J., J.H., C.T., V.D.); Centre de référence français des syndromes paranéoplasiques (B.J., J.H.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer; and Institut NeuroMyoGene INSERM U1217/CNRS UMR 5310 (B.J., J.H., V.D.), équipe synaptopathies et anticorps (SYNATAC), Lyon, France.
MD, PhDLaure Pisella
From the Service de neuro-ophtalmologie et neuro-cognition (A.M., A.V., C.T., V.D.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer; IMPACT—Integrative, Multisensory (L.P., A.V., C.T.), Perception, Action and Cognition Team, Centre de recherche des Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL); Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (A.V., B.J., J.H., C.T., V.D.); Centre de référence français des syndromes paranéoplasiques (B.J., J.H.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer; and Institut NeuroMyoGene INSERM U1217/CNRS UMR 5310 (B.J., J.H., V.D.), équipe synaptopathies et anticorps (SYNATAC), Lyon, France.
PhDAlain Vighetto
From the Service de neuro-ophtalmologie et neuro-cognition (A.M., A.V., C.T., V.D.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer; IMPACT—Integrative, Multisensory (L.P., A.V., C.T.), Perception, Action and Cognition Team, Centre de recherche des Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL); Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (A.V., B.J., J.H., C.T., V.D.); Centre de référence français des syndromes paranéoplasiques (B.J., J.H.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer; and Institut NeuroMyoGene INSERM U1217/CNRS UMR 5310 (B.J., J.H., V.D.), équipe synaptopathies et anticorps (SYNATAC), Lyon, France.
MD, PhDBastien Joubert
From the Service de neuro-ophtalmologie et neuro-cognition (A.M., A.V., C.T., V.D.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer; IMPACT—Integrative, Multisensory (L.P., A.V., C.T.), Perception, Action and Cognition Team, Centre de recherche des Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL); Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (A.V., B.J., J.H., C.T., V.D.); Centre de référence français des syndromes paranéoplasiques (B.J., J.H.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer; and Institut NeuroMyoGene INSERM U1217/CNRS UMR 5310 (B.J., J.H., V.D.), équipe synaptopathies et anticorps (SYNATAC), Lyon, France.
MDJérôme Honnorat
From the Service de neuro-ophtalmologie et neuro-cognition (A.M., A.V., C.T., V.D.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer; IMPACT—Integrative, Multisensory (L.P., A.V., C.T.), Perception, Action and Cognition Team, Centre de recherche des Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL); Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (A.V., B.J., J.H., C.T., V.D.); Centre de référence français des syndromes paranéoplasiques (B.J., J.H.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer; and Institut NeuroMyoGene INSERM U1217/CNRS UMR 5310 (B.J., J.H., V.D.), équipe synaptopathies et anticorps (SYNATAC), Lyon, France.
MD, PhDCaroline Tilikete
From the Service de neuro-ophtalmologie et neuro-cognition (A.M., A.V., C.T., V.D.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer; IMPACT—Integrative, Multisensory (L.P., A.V., C.T.), Perception, Action and Cognition Team, Centre de recherche des Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL); Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (A.V., B.J., J.H., C.T., V.D.); Centre de référence français des syndromes paranéoplasiques (B.J., J.H.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer; and Institut NeuroMyoGene INSERM U1217/CNRS UMR 5310 (B.J., J.H., V.D.), équipe synaptopathies et anticorps (SYNATAC), Lyon, France.
MD, PhDVirginie Desestret
From the Service de neuro-ophtalmologie et neuro-cognition (A.M., A.V., C.T., V.D.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer; IMPACT—Integrative, Multisensory (L.P., A.V., C.T.), Perception, Action and Cognition Team, Centre de recherche des Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL); Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (A.V., B.J., J.H., C.T., V.D.); Centre de référence français des syndromes paranéoplasiques (B.J., J.H.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer; and Institut NeuroMyoGene INSERM U1217/CNRS UMR 5310 (B.J., J.H., V.D.), équipe synaptopathies et anticorps (SYNATAC), Lyon, France.
MD, PhDBalint syndrome in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
Aude Metzger, Laure Pisella, Alain Vighetto, Bastien Joubert, Jérôme Honnorat, Caroline Tilikete, Virginie Desestret
Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm Jan 2019, 6 (1) e532; DOI: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000000532
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