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Case Report
A case of anti-NMDAR encephalitis with bilateral basal ganglia symmetry lesions
MA Xiaojin  FAN Fengxian  MA Laiyang  HAN Yuping  ZHANG Jing 

Cite this article as: MA X J, FAN F X, MA L Y, et al. A case of anti-NMDAR encephalitis with bilateral basal ganglia symmetry lesions[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2025, 16(7): 85-87. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2025.07.013.


[Keywords] anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis;basal ganglia;symmetrical lesions;magnetic resonance imaging

MA Xiaojin1, 2, 3   FAN Fengxian1, 2, 3   MA Laiyang1, 2, 3   HAN Yuping1, 2, 3   ZHANG Jing1, 2, 3*  

1 Department of Magnetic Resonance, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou 730030, China

2 Second Clinical School, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730030, China

3 Gansu Functional and Molecular Imaging Clinical Medical Research Center, Lanzhou 730030, China

Corresponding author: ZHANG J, E-mail: ery_zhangjing@lzu.edu.cn

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2025-03-11
Accepted  2025-07-07
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2025.07.013
Cite this article as: MA X J, FAN F X, MA L Y, et al. A case of anti-NMDAR encephalitis with bilateral basal ganglia symmetry lesions[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2025, 16(7): 85-87. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2025.07.013.

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