Limbic autoimmune encephalitis with antibodies to glutamate decarboxylase (GAD)

Limbic encephalitis (LE) is a rare neurological syndrome, in most cases has a paraneoplastic nature, but recently there has been a large number of observations of idiopathic autoimmune LE associated with antibodies to neuronal membrane proteins. A clinical case of a disease in a 13-year-old patient...

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Published inCHILDREN INFECTIONS Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 67 - 71
Main Authors Ulukhanova, L. U., Yaraliev, M. M., Attaeva, S. M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Russian
Published LLC "Diagnostics and Vaccines" 30.06.2020
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Summary:Limbic encephalitis (LE) is a rare neurological syndrome, in most cases has a paraneoplastic nature, but recently there has been a large number of observations of idiopathic autoimmune LE associated with antibodies to neuronal membrane proteins. A clinical case of a disease in a 13-year-old patient with the detection of antibodies to glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) is described. The debut of the disease is marked by a decrease in memory for current events after the first convulsive attack during 2 months.
ISSN:2072-8107
DOI:10.22627/2072-8107-2020-19-2-67-71