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Brain MRI Characteristics of Patients with Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis and Their Associations with 2-Year Clinical Outcome From www.ajnr.org - Today, 6:29 PM BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Anti- N -methyl-D-aspertate receptor encephalitis is an autoimmune-mediated disease without specific brain MRI features. Our…

The Foundation is pleased to highlight a recent study, titled, Electroclinical Features of Seizures associated with Autoimmune Encephalitis, by Dr. C. Steriade and colleagues, and published in the journal Seizure. Seizures, especially intractable ones, are a frequent and common feature…

A favorable outcome of intensive immunotherapies for new-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) | Journal of Intensive Care | Full Text From jintensivecare.biomedcentral.com - Today, 12:46 AM New-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) is a newly defined critical disease entity characterized by…

The Foundation is grateful to Daisy Guruvadoo for sharing her daughter’s battle with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis (NMDARE), thereby giving much needed hope to others. She has also raised funds for the Foundation, in collaboration with the New Smyrna Beach International…

Diagnostic Value of 18F-FDG PET/CT Versus MRI in the Setting of Antibody-Specific Autoimmune Encephalitis From jnm.snmjournals.org - Today, 2:17 PM Diagnostic Value of 18F-FDG PET/CT Versus MRI in the Setting of Antibody-Specific Autoimmune Encephalitis Lilja B. Solnes1, Krystyna M. Jones1,…

Sandra Stein was the invited guest on the itunes podcast, Who Lives Like This?! hosted by Elisabeth Aquino and Jason Lehmbeck We invite you to listen Sandra speak of her journey caring for her son who was stricken with autoimmune…

[BLOG POST] 200 dependable and reliable neurology patient support groups From tbirehabilitation.wordpress.com - Today, 10:31 PM Neurology is a jungle, and for the unwary, a minefield. It perhaps has the most diverse number of complex diseases of all the medical specialties. Patients are often…

Syndrome and outcome of antibody‐negative limbic encephalitis - Graus - 2018 - European Journal of Neurology - Wiley Online Library From onlinelibrary.wiley.com - July 22, 9:29 PM 'I thought I was a T-Rex, and plaited my hair to look like…