Clinical approach to the diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis in the pediatric patient

Cellucci, Tania; Van Mater, Heather; Graus, Francesc; Muscal, Eyal; B. Gallentine, William; S. Klein‐Gitelman, Marisa; M. Benseler, Susanne; Frankovich, Jennifer; Gorman, Mark; Van Haren, Keith; Dalmau, Josep; C. Dale, Russell

doi:10.1212/nxi.0000000000000663

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Clinical approach to the diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis in the pediatric patient

Published in Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation • Jan 17, 2020

Authors:

Tania Cellucci

Heather Van Mater

Francesc Graus

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is an important and treatable cause of acute encephalitis. Diagnosis of AE in a developing child is challenging because of overlap in clinical presentations with other diseases and complexity of normal behavior changes. Existing diagnostic criteria for adult A...

Subject

Medicine

Autoimmune encephalitis

Differential diagnosis

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