Abstract The American Society for Apheresis (ASFA) Journal of Clinical Apheresis (JCA)
Special Issue Writing Committee is charged with reviewing, updating, and categorizing …

Seizures and epilepsy can result from various aetiologies, yet the underlying cause of
several epileptic syndromes remains unclear. In that regard, autoimmune-mediated …

Introduction Recent studies prompted the identification of neuroinflammation as a potential
target for the treatment of epilepsy, particularly drug-resistant epilepsy, and refractory status …

Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) is a severe, rare, chronic inflammatory brain disease
resulting in drug-resistant epilepsy and progressive destruction of one hemisphere with loss …

Status epilepticus (SE) is a medical emergency resulting from the failure of the mechanisms
involved in seizure termination or from the initiation of pathways involved in abnormally …

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the potential involvement of
neuroinflammation in the pathogenesis of epilepsy. Specifically, the role of innate immunity …

Corticosteroids have been used for the treatment of patients with epilepsy for more than 6
decades, based on the hypothesis of inflammation in the genesis and/or promotion of …

Although first proposed over a century ago, 1, 2 in the past few decades, there has been an
increasing appreciation of the role of the immune system and inflammation in a Program in …

Usually affecting one hemisphere of the brain, Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) is a persistent
inflammatory disease of unclear origin. Rasmussen and colleagues presumed a viral …

Several studies have focused on the emerging role of immunity and inflammation in a wide
range of neurological disorders. Autoimmune diseases involving central nervous system …