Natural course of LGI1 encephalitis: 3-5 years of follow-up without immunotherapy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 343, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 198-202

  Szots, Monika ^a   Marton, Annamaria ^a   Kover, Ferenc ^b   Kiss, Tunde ^c   Berki, Timea ^d   Nagy, Ferenc ^a   Illes, Zsolt ^e  

^a Kaposi Mor County Hospital   (Hungary)

^b Diagnostic Center of Pecs   (Hungary)

^c Markusovszky Teaching Hospital   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibody mediated encephalitis; Faciobrachial dystonic seizures; Hyponatremia; LGI1; Limbic encephalitis; Surface neuronal antibodies

Indexed keywords

LEUCIN RICH GLIOMA INACTIVATED 1 PROTEIN; LEUCIN RICH GLIOMA INACTIVATED 1 PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIBODY; LGI1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DISORIENTATION; ENCEPHALITIS; FOLLOW UP; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LEUCIN RICH GLIOMA INACTIVATED 1 PROTEIN ENCEPHALITIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE; BLOOD; BRAIN; IMMUNOLOGY; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; PATHOLOGY; TIME;

ANTIBODIES; BRAIN; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904261099     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.05.048     Document Type: Article

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