Increased awareness of autoimmune encephalitis has led to two unintended consequences:
a high frequency of misdiagnoses and the inappropriate use of diagnostic criteria for …

Encephalitis is a severe inflammatory disorder of the brain with many possible causes and a
complex differential diagnosis. Advances in autoimmune encephalitis research in the past …

Importance Autoimmune encephalitis misdiagnosis can lead to harm. Objective To
determine the diseases misdiagnosed as autoimmune encephalitis and potential reasons …

Background Acute and subacute disturbances of wakefulness and cognitive function are
common neurological manifestations in the hospital and in outpatient care. An important …

Background and Objectives To assess the clinical practice applicability of autoimmune
encephalitis (AE) criteria (2016). Methods Medical records of 538 adults diagnosed with AE …

Background Autoimmunity is an increasingly recognized cause of encephalitis with a similar
prevalence to that of infectious etiologies. Over the past decade there has been a rapidly …

Objective: We tested whether antibody screening samples of patients with suspected
autoimmune encephalitis with additional research assays would improve the detection of …

Background Early recognition and treatment of autoimmune encephalitis (AE) are crucial for
patients, but diagnosis is often difficult and time-consuming. For this purpose, a syndrome …

Encephalitis is a condition of inflammation of the brain parenchyma, occurs as a result of
infectious or autoimmune causes, and can lead to encephalopathy, seizures, focal …

Autoimmune encephalitis causes subacute deficits of memory and cognition, often followed
by suppressed level of consciousness or coma. A careful history and examination may show …