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A Case of HIV Seroconversion Presenting Similarly to Anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate Receptor Encephalitis

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  1. Division of Child Neurology, Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8915 W Connell Ct, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA

    Heather VanDongen-Trimmer, Kumar Sannagowdara & Raquel Farias-Moeller

  2. Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8915 W Connell Ct, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA

    Binod Balakrishnan & Raquel Farias-Moeller

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Heather VanDongen-Trimmer was involved in data collection, manuscript redaction and editing, original conceptualization of the manuscript. Binod Balakrishnan was involved in data collection, manuscript redaction and editing. Kumar Sannagowdara was involved in data collection, image identification, review and editing, manuscript redaction and editing. Raquel Farias-Moeller was involved in data collection, manuscript redaction and editing, original conceptualization of the manuscript, project supervision.

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VanDongen-Trimmer, H., Sannagowdara, K., Balakrishnan, B. et al. A Case of HIV Seroconversion Presenting Similarly to Anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate Receptor Encephalitis. Neurocrit Care 31, 423–427 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-019-00805-5

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