Nimrod Sachs, Efrat Zohar-Dayan, Bruria Ben Zeev, Tal Gilboa, Mohammad Kurd, Itay Tokatly Latzer, Hadas Meirson, Irit Krause, Yotam Dizitzer, Esther Ganelin Cohen
Immune-mediated or autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is a relatively new, rare and elusive form of encephalitis in children. We retrospectively collected seropositive children (0-18 years old) with well characterized antibodies through 3 reference laboratories in Israel. Clinical symptoms, MRI and EEG findings and treatment courses were described. A total of 16 patients were included in the study, with 10 females. Anti NMDA encephalitis was most common followed by anti HU and anti mGLuR1. Psychiatric symptoms, abnormal movements, seizures and behavioral changes were the most common presentation...
March 15, 2024: European Journal of Paediatric Neurology: EJPN