Journal article
Clinical approach to the diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis in the pediatric patient
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 AE require modification to be applied to children, who differ from adults in their clinical presentations, paraclinical findings, autoantibody …
Authors
Cellucci T; Van Mater H; Graus F; Muscal E; Gallentine W; Klein-Gitelman MS; Benseler SM; Frankovich J; Gorman MP; Van Haren K
Journal
Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation, Vol. 7, No. 2,
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
March 2020
DOI
10.1212/nxi.0000000000000663
ISSN
2332-7812