Diagnostic value of CSF findings in antibody-associated limbic and anti-NMDAR-encephalitis
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Diagnostic value of CSF findings in antibody-associated limbic and anti-NMDAR-encephalitis
PURPOSE In people with suspected inflammatory CNS disease, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is commonly analyzed. Antibody-associated limbic encephalitis (ab-LE) and anti-NMDAR-encephalitis are recognized as two major syndromes of autoimmune epilepsies. Here, we investigated the diagnostic value of CSF findings in these two entities. METHODS We reviewed patients from our tertiary epilepsy centre wit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2012.12.013