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Progressive limbic encephalopathy: Problems and prospects
Background: It was observed that a good number of patients presenting with psychiatric manifestations when investigated later because of unresponsiveness to treatment or late development of organic features turned out to be treatable limbic syndromes ...
Sadanandavalli Retnaswami Chandra+3 more
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The syndrome of limbic encephalitis is a severe clinical condition with heterogenous aetiopathogenesis. A common pathogen causing the infectious syndrome of limbic encephalitis is herpes simplex virus (HSV), but rare cases caused by Treponema pallidum ...
Eliška Marešová+4 more
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Seminars in epileptology: How to diagnose status epilepticus in adults and children
Abstract Status epilepticus (SE) can be regarded as the most severe expression of seizure activity characterized by a low probability of spontaneous cessation and mechanisms leading to metabolic and inflammatory derangements with increased risk of brain damage, alterations of neural networks, and potentially life‐threatening systemic complications ...
M. Leitinger+12 more
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Features of cognitive dysfunction in late‐onset temporal lobe epilepsy
Abstract Objective A global increase in the aging population has resulted in more patients with late‐onset epilepsy. Late‐onset temporal lobe epilepsy (LOTLE) is one of the most common types of late‐onset epilepsy and is frequently accompanied by memory impairments.
Naoya Hasegawa+2 more
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AUTOIMMUNE LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS [PDF]
A young female patient presented to the Emergency Department with complainsof headache, photophobia and seizure suggestive of viral or bacterial encephalitis/meningitis.After examination and multiple investigations, the patient was found to have autoimmune limbicencephalitisrelated to Thyroid Peroxidase antibodies.
T Ashraf, Samer Almerie, F Barbosa
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DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2011.05 ...
Dexin WANG
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Epilepsy syndromes classification
Abstract Epilepsy syndromes are distinct electroclinical entities which have been recently defined by the International League Against Epilepsy Nosology and Definitions Task Force. Each syndrome is associated with “a characteristic cluster of clinical and EEG features, often supported by specific etiologic findings”.
Elaine C. Wirrell+4 more
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Limbic Encephalitis Driven by a Pleural Mesothelioma: A Paraneoplastic Complication
Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes have only been described with pleural mesothelioma in five cases. We have described a 72-year-old man who developed anterograde amnesia 27 months after diagnosis of epithelioid pleural mesothelioma. Investigations
Jacob O. Day, Adam J. Zeman
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Neuronal surface and intracellular antibody testing in patients with long‐term epilepsy
Abstract Objective We aimed to investigate the frequency of neuronal surface and intracellular antibodies in individuals with long‐term epilepsy and the associated clinical and laboratory characteristics. Methods We tested sera from 223 patients with epilepsy without signs of autoimmune encephalitis and 12 patients with epilepsy and a subacute onset of
Nancy Watanabe+9 more
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Limbic encephalitis: four cases report and review of literature
Objective This article aims to present clinical manifestations and to discuss the clinical features and management of 4 patients with limbic encephalitis (LE).
Fu-rong GU, Jie QIN, Xiao-lin XU
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