Michael Gilligan, Connie E Lesnick, Yong Guo, Michael J Bradshaw, Shafeeq S Ladha, Mihaela Nowak, Maulik P Shah, John R Wittenborn, Eati Basal, Shannon Hinson, Binxia Yang, Divyanshu Dubey, John R Mills, Sean J Pittock, Anastasia Zekeridou, Andrew McKeon
OBJECTIVES: To report an autoimmune paraneoplastic encephalitis characterized by immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody targeting synaptic protein calmodulin kinase-like vesicle-associated (CAMKV). METHODS: Serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples harboring unclassified antibodies on murine brain-based indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) were screened by human protein microarray. In 5 patients with identical cerebral IFA staining, CAMKV was identified as top-ranking candidate antigen...
April 18, 2024: Annals of Neurology