Bruna de Freitas Dias, Fabio Fieni Toso, Maria Eduarda Slhessarenko Fraife Barreto, René de Araújo Gleizer, Alessandra Dellavance, Pedro André Kowacs, Helio Teive, Mariana Spitz, Aline Freire Borges Juliano, Letícia Januzi de Almeida Rocha, Pedro Braga-Neto, Paulo Ribeiro Nóbrega, Jamary Oliveira-Filho, Ronaldo Maciel Dias, Clécio de Oliveira Godeiro Júnior, Fernanda Martins Maia, Rodrigo Barbosa Thomaz, Mara Lúcia Santos, Eduardo Sousa de Melo, Adaucto Wanderley da Nóbrega Júnior, Katia Lin, Orlando Graziani Povoas Barsottini, Verena Endmayr, Luís Eduardo Coelho Andrade, Romana Höftberger, Lívia Almeida Dutra
BACKGROUND: The frequency of antibodies in autoimmune encephalitis (AIE) may vary in different populations, however, data from developing countries are lacking. To describe the clinical profile of AIE in Brazil, and to evaluate seasonality and predictors of AIE in adult and pediatric patients. METHODS: We evaluated patients with possible AIE from 17 centers of the Brazilian Autoimmune Encephalitis Network (BrAIN) between 2018 and 2022. CSF and serum were tested with TBAs and CBAs...
2023: Frontiers in Immunology