Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: UNIPROT:Q06643 (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma)
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Autoimmune encephalitis associated with antibodies (Abs) directed against the synaptic ligand-gated ion channel NMDA receptor (NMDAR) was first described as a paraneoplastic disorder in association with ovarian teratoma. Other forms of neoplasia have subsequently been reported although many patients do not have a tumour. Tumour removal, where applicable, and immunotherapy form the mainstays of treatment. We present a patient who developed NMDAR-Ab encephalitis despite being chronically immunosuppressed following organ transplantation, and who was eventually found to have an occult malignancy in the form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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PMID:Autoimmune encephalitis (NMDAR antibody) in a patient receiving chronic post-transplant immunosuppression. 2958 84