Autoimmune Encephalitides: A Broadening Field of Treatable Conditions  

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Kalman, Bernadette

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Neurologist vol. 22 no. 01 (Jan. 2017), page 1-13.
Topik: Encephalitis; Autoimmunity; Immune Pathogenesis; Immune Therapy
Fulltext: N06 v22 n1 p1 kelik2017.pdf (159.3KB)

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: N06.K Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Background: Neurology has been continuously transforming by the refinement of molecular diagnostics and the development of disease-modifying treatments. The discovery of new antibody markers has elucidated the pathogenesis, provided the means of diagnostics, and offered cure or treatment for several immune-mediated neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. The identification of pathogenic and marker autoantibodies has also facilitated defining the associated phenotypic spectra and the overlap among the phenotypes linked to individual immune markers. Review Summary: This survey presents the list of currently known autoimmune encephalitis entities along with the associated marker autoantibodies, highlights the phenotypic and immune pathogenic relationships, calls attention to the recently described rare syndromes, discusses the biological significance of the autoantibodies and targeted molecules, points out the potential postinfectious origin of immune pathogenesis in several of the disorders, and directs the readers to the latest diagnostic guidelines as well as to the generally used treatment approaches. Conclusions and Future Directions: Owing to the successful and usually combined use of various methods to detect serum and cerebrospinal fluid autoantibodies on rodent brain sections, in primary neuronal cell culture, in immune precipitation, and cell-based assays, or in other antigen-specific immune assays (Western blot, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and radioimmune assay), the subgroup of antibody marker-negative autoimmune encephalopathy syndromes is contracting, whereas the numbers of entities within the overall group are expanding. Recognition of the correct diagnosis is becoming increasingly rewarding not only for neurologists, but also for pediatric neurologists and psychiatrists.

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