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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…

We are pleased to see the trend of clinicians/researchers zeroing in and characterizing some of the more typical features seen in patients diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, such as seizures, movement disorders and the psychiatric symptoms. Sleep disorders can now…

Searching for autoimmune encephalitis: Beware of normal CSF From www.jni-journal.com - Today, 3:50 PM To determine the prevalence of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) markers associated with inflammation (i.e., elevated white blood cell count, protein concentration, and CSF-specific oligoclonal bands) in patients…

The Foundation was honoured to have participated as a host in the first World Encephalitis Day 2020 conference #WEDconf2020, in Dallas, Texas. If you were unable to join us for the conference, you can now see what you missed and…

Sleep Disturbances in Patients with Autoimmune Encephalitis | SpringerLink From link.springer.com - June 13, 1:15 PM To review sleep complaints reported in patients with autoimmune encephalitis, explore the relationship between sleep disturbances and subtypes of autoimmune encephalitis, and leverage knowledge…