Ovariotomy for Mental Illness and Epilepsy in the Late 1800s: A Possible Treatment for Autoimmune Encephalitis (P4-11.004)
To review published cases of ovariotomy for mental illness in the late 1800s and determine whether physicians were performing this procedure as appropriate treatment of cases of NMDA receptor antibody positive autoimmune encephalitis (NMDARE).
Authors
- Jamie Hunter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2793-8813)
- Alison Christy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0995-8381)
Institutions
- Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurology
- Published
- 2025-04-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000211892
- Primary Topic
- Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00