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Cerebrospinal fluid, antineuronal autoantibody, EEG, and MRI findings from 992 patients with schizophreniform and affective psychosis From www.nature.com - Today, 12:19 PM The central role played by cerebrospinal-fluid (CSF) examinations including antineuronal autoantibody (Ab) testing is increasingly recognized in psychiatry.…

You may recall Laura Vander Steen, the social worker working out of a large Vancouver hospital and Podcast host extraordainaire who last year produced a six-part episode on anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. Here is the link to that story icym it:…

Autoimmune psychosis: an international consensus on an approach to the diagnosis and management of psychosis of suspected autoimmune origin From www.thelancet.com - Today, 5:47 PM There is increasing recognition in the neurological and psychiatric literature of patients with so-called isolated…

Our thanks to Dr. Gregory Day, the Foundation’s Clinical Director for this tremendous pilot study, that looks at the driving behaviours of those that have returned to driving after their illness. It clearly shows how the return to driving and…

Nous avons l’immense plaisir d’accueillir Kristel Dalbec sur notre réseau de soutien pour les familles touchés par l’encéphalite NMDA. Mme Dalbec apporte sa passion et sa conviction pour sensibiliser le grand publique sur les effets catastrophiques de cette maladie, dont…

The 55th Congress of the Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation which had been scheduled for 7 to 10 June, in Banff, Alberta had to be cancelled due to Covid19, but a winner of the Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis Foundation’s prize for best…

Acute symptomatic seizures secondary to autoimmune encephalitis and autoimmune‐associated epilepsy: Conceptual definitions - Steriade - - Epilepsia From onlinelibrary.wiley.com - Today, 2:34 PM Seizures are a well‐recognized and often prominent manifestation of autoimmune encephalitic syndromes. Progress in detection of pathogenic…

Nous sommes énormément fières de partager un reportage en langue française, apparu dans le Journal de Montréal, grâce à la passion et la motivation de la famille de la jeune survivante, Lyvia. Veuillez lire l’article au lien suivant et n’oublier…