Diagnostic criteria for autoimmune encephalitis: utility and pitfalls for antibody-negative disease

J Dalmau, F Graus - The Lancet Neurology, 2023 - thelancet.com
Increased awareness of autoimmune encephalitis has led to two unintended consequences:
a high frequency of misdiagnoses and the inappropriate use of diagnostic criteria for …

Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes of the central nervous system: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment

L Marsili, S Marcucci, J LaPorta, M Chirra, AJ Espay… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) include any symptomatic and non-metastatic
neurological manifestations associated with a neoplasm. PNS associated with antibodies …

Mimics of autoimmune encephalitis: Validation of the 2016 clinical autoimmune encephalitis criteria

RW Van Steenhoven, JM de Vries… - Neurology …, 2023 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives The clinical criteria for autoimmune encephalitis (AE) were
proposed by Graus et al. in 2016. In this study, the AE criteria were validated in the real …

Autoimmune encephalitis—misdiagnosis, misconceptions, and how to avoid them

J Dalmau, F Graus - JAMA neurology, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
The autoimmune encephalitides (AEs) are a group of immunemediated brain diseases that
frequently associate with pathogenic antibodies against neuronal or glial proteins. There are …

Antibodies associated with autoimmune encephalitis in patients with presumed neurodegenerative dementia

AEM Bastiaansen, RW van Steenhoven… - Neurology …, 2023 - AAN Enterprises
Background & Objectives Autoimmune encephalitis (AIE) may present with prominent
cognitive disturbances without overt inflammatory changes in MRI and CSF. Identification of …

Brazilian autoimmune encephalitis network (BrAIN): antibody profile and clinical characteristics from a multicenter study

B de Freitas Dias, F Fieni Toso… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background The frequency of antibodies in autoimmune encephalitis (AIE) may vary in
different populations, however, data from developing countries are lacking. To describe the …

Improving Early Recognition of Treatment‐Responsive Causes of Rapidly Progressive Dementia: The STAM3P Score

N Satyadev, PW Tipton, Y Martens… - Annals of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To improve the timely recognition of patients with treatment‐responsive causes of
rapidly progressive dementia (RPD). Methods A total of 226 adult patients with suspected …

Case 12-2024: a 58-year-old woman with confusion, aphasia, and abnormal head imaging

JJ Linnoila, O Rapalino, MA Walker… - New England Journal …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Case 12-2024: A 58-Year-Old Woman with Confusion, Aphasia, and Abnormal Head Imaging |
New England Journal of Medicine Skip to main content The New England Journal of Medicine …

A narrative review on mild behavioural impairment: an exploration into its scientific perspectives

M Cozza, V Boccardi - Aging clinical and experimental research, 2023 - Springer
In clinical practice, the admission of patients with late-onset psychological and behavioural
symptoms is frequent, regardless of the presence or absence of cognitive decline. These …

Autoimmune encephalitis misdiagnosis and mimics

A Dinoto, P Zara, S Mariotto, S Ferrari… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis (AE) requires reasonable exclusion of other
conditions. The aim of this study is to characterize mimickers and misdiagnoses of AE, thus …