Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Jul 2024)

Brazilian consensus recommendations on the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune encephalitis in the adult and pediatric populations

  • Lívia Almeida Dutra,
  • Pedro Victor de Castro Silva,
  • João Henrique Fregadolli Ferreira,
  • Alexandre Coelho Marques,
  • Fabio Fieni Toso,
  • Claudia Cristina Ferreira Vasconcelos,
  • Doralina Guimarães Brum,
  • Samira Luisa dos Apóstolos Pereira,
  • Tarso Adoni,
  • Leticia Januzi de Almeida Rocha,
  • Leticia Pereira de Brito Sampaio,
  • Nise Alessandra de Carvalho Sousa,
  • Renata Barbosa Paolilo,
  • Angélica Dal Pizzol,
  • Bruna Klein da Costa,
  • Caio César Diniz Disserol,
  • Camila Pupe,
  • Daniel Almeida do Valle,
  • Denise Sisterolli Diniz,
  • Fabiano Ferreira de Abrantes,
  • Felipe da Rocha Schmidt,
  • Fernando Cendes,
  • Francisco Tomaz Meneses de Oliveira,
  • Gabriela Joca Martins,
  • Guilherme Diogo Silva,
  • Katia Lin,
  • Lécio Figueira Pinto,
  • Mara Lúcia Schimtz Ferreira Santos,
  • Marcus Vinícius Magno Gonçalves,
  • Mariana Braatz Krueger,
  • Michel Elyas Jung Haziot,
  • Orlando Graziani Povoas Barsottini,
  • Osvaldo José Moreira do Nascimento,
  • Paulo Ribeiro Nóbrega,
  • Priscilla Mara Proveti,
  • Raphael Machado do Castilhos,
  • Vanessa Daccach,
  • Felipe von Glehn

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1788586
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 82, no. 07
pp. 001 – 015

Abstract

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Background Autoimmune encephalitis (AIE) is a group of inflammatory diseases characterized by the presence of antibodies against neuronal and glial antigens, leading to subacute psychiatric symptoms, memory complaints, and movement disorders. The patients are predominantly young, and delays in treatment are associated with worse prognosis.

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