Anti-NMDAR encephalitis with concomitant varicella zoster virus detection and nonteratomatous malignancy
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- Received September 26, 2018
- Accepted in final form November 30, 2018
- First Published January 9, 2019.
Author Disclosures
- Preeti A. Prakash, BA*,
- Jingxiao Jin, BS*,
- Kanwal Matharu, MD,
- Tanu Garg, MD,
- Wendy C. Tsai, MD,
- Purvesh Patel, MD,
- Jill E. Weatherhead, MD, MS and
- Joseph S. Kass, MD, JD
- Preeti A. Prakash, BA*,
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- Jingxiao Jin, BS*,
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- Kanwal Matharu, MD,
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I own 8 stocks of Johnson and Johnson as of this year. I do not know if they have any products involved in the treatment of the diseases described in this paper.
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- Tanu Garg, MD,
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- Wendy C. Tsai, MD,
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- Purvesh Patel, MD,
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- Jill E. Weatherhead, MD, MS and
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- Joseph S. Kass, MD, JD
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National Board is Medical Examiners (travel tonatremd NBME committee), American Academy of Neurology: attend Contimuum Board meetings and RITE committeee meeting, BrainPAC: travel to board meeting
AAN: Continuum Associate Editor (Ethics and Medicolegal Issues)Continuum Audio Associate Editor
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Elsevier: Ferri?s Clinical Advisor 2018 and 2019
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I have been paid by Pri Med to give CME talks about dementia and delirium
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine (P.A.P., K.M.), Department of Neurology (J.J., T.G., J.S.K.), Department of Anesthesia (W.C.T.), and Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine (P.P.), Baylor College of Medicine; and National School of Tropical Medicine (J.E.W.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
- Correspondence
Dr. Kass kass{at}bcm.edu
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