The recent discovery of several potentially pathogenic autoantibodies has helped identify
patients with clinically distinctive central nervous system diseases that appear to benefit from …

Status epilepticus (SE) is a life-threatening neurological emergency often refractory to
available treatment options. It is a very heterogeneous condition in terms of clinical …

Objective To describe clinical characteristics and immunotherapy responses in patients with
autoimmune epilepsy. Design Observational, retrospective case series. Setting Mayo Clinic …

Purpose Autoantibodies to specific neurologic proteins are associated with subacute onset
encephalopathies, which often present with seizures that are poorly controlled by …

Microglia, the immune cells of the brain, are highly plastic and possess multiple functional
phenotypes. Differences in phenotype in different regions and different states of epileptic …

In limbic encephalitis (LE) with antibodies (Abs) to the voltage-gated potassium channel
complex (VGKC), the Abs are mainly directed to the VGKC-complex proteins, leucine-rich …

The autoimmune encephalitis (AE) syndromes have been characterised by the detection of
autoantibodies in serum and/or cerebrospinal fluid which target the extracellular domains of …

Encephalitis associated with anti-γ-aminobutyric acid-B (GABA B) receptor antibodies has
been identified recently. However, only a few cases have been reported to date and its …

ABSTRACT Introduction Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a severe childhood-onset
epileptic encephalopathy, characterized by multiple seizure types, generalized slow spike …

Purpose To analyze the electroclinical features, neuroimaging findings, treatment, and
outcome of 12 patients with febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES). Methods …