Autoantibody-mediated encephalitis: Not just paraneoplastic, not just limbic, and not untreatable.

Adham Jammoul, Yuebing Li, Alexander Rae-Grant

Journal: Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine 2017;83(1):43-53

PMID: 26760522

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Abstract

Autoantibody-mediated encephalitis is a heterogeneous group of recently identified disorders, all caused by autoimmunity directed against components of the central nervous system. Despite severe and even prolonged neurologic deficits, dramatic improvements may occur with aggressive treatment.

Address: Neurohospitalist Program, Department of Specialty Medicine, Aultman Hospital, Canton, OH, USA. E-mail: [email protected].; Neuromuscular Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.; Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.; Clinical Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.

DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.83a.14112

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MeSH Terms: Aged, Autoantibodies, Brain Stem, Cerebellum, Encephalitis, Female, Humans, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Limbic Encephalitis, Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System, Positron-Emission Tomography, Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated, Proteins, Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate