Autoimmune encephalitis: An emerging entity
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The importance of immunology in relation to neurological diseases has long been recognized. The first description of immune mediated encephalitis was in 1960’s by Corsellis et al 1 and Brierley et al 2 , who separately documented a form of encephalitis with poor prognosis in adults with tumours. The demonstration of anti-neuronal antibodies associated with this form of encephalitis (Hu, CV2/CRMP5, Ma2, amphiphysin, among others) in the mid1980s reinforced the concept of immune mediated encephalitis.
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