Rasmussen Syndrome and Other Inflammatory Epilepsies
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Rasmussen Syndrome and Other Inflammatory Epilepsies.
An underlying immune basis is emerging in an increasing number of epileptic and encephalopathic syndromes. The immunopathological mechanisms may be categorized into antibody-mediated, T-cell cytotoxicity, and microglia-induced degeneration. The immune basis in Rasmussen syndrome is thought to be T-cell mediated. Antibodies to extracellular and intracellular epitopes are implicated in limbic and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Seminars in Neurology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0271-8235,1098-9021
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1552921