Background Brain MRI parenchymal signal abnormalities have been associated with severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Purpose To describe the …

Antibody-mediated disorders of the central nervous system (CNS) are increasingly
recognized as neurologic disorders that can be severe and even life-threatening but with the …

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 …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Autoimmune encephalitis is a rare condition in which
autoantibodies attack neuronal tissue, causing neuropsychiatric disturbances. This study …

A plethora of antibodies against neural antigens have emerged as biomarkers of
autoimmune encephalitis. This has led to a rise in neural antibody testing among patients …

Limbic encephalitis is an autoimmune cause of encephalitis. In addition to the usual
symptoms of encephalitis such as altered consciousness, fever, and focal neurological …

Objectives It is assumed that autoimmune limbic encephalitis (ALE) demonstrates distinct
neuropsychological manifestations with differential responses to immunotherapy according …

CD8+ lymphocytes are adaptive immunity cells with the particular function to directly kill the
target cell following antigen recognition in the context of MHC class I. In addition, CD8+ T …

Limbic encephalitis (LE) is a rare cause of encephalitis presenting as an acute and subacute
onset of neuropsychiatric manifestations, particularly with memory deficits and confusion as …

Autoimmune encephalitis is a rare but critical complication of COVID-19. The management
of COVID-19-associated autoimmune encephalitis includes the use of steroids, intravenous …