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A unique combination of autoimmune limbic encephalitis, type 1 diabetes, and Stiff person syndrome associated with GAD-65 antibody

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2016
Antibodies to GAD-65 have been implicated in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes , limbic encephalitis and Stiff person syndrome, however these diseases rarely occur concurrently.
Chandra Mohan Sharma, Rajendra Kumar Pandey, Banshi Lal Kumawat, Dinesh Khandelwal, Pankaj Gandhi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thymoma and Limbic Encephalitis

The Primary Care Companion For CNS Disorders, 2018
To the Editor: Limbic encephalitis may have various causes and be associated with a number of neuropsychiatric disorders.1 Our knowledge of viral etiology, including herpes simplex virus, is quite advanced, but in autoimmune cases, our knowledge is still limited.
Ates M.F., Sahin S., Cinar N., Bozdemir M., Karsidag S.   +4 more
openaire   +4 more sources

The cerebellum in epilepsy

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract The cerebellum, a subcortical structure, is traditionally linked to sensorimotor integration and coordination, although its role in cognition and affective behavior, as well as epilepsy, is increasingly recognized. Cerebellar dysfunction in patients with epilepsy can result from genetic disorders, antiseizure medications, seizures, and seizure‐
Christopher Elder, Rebecca Kerestes, Puneet Opal, Maria Marchese, Orrin Devinsky   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improvement of Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis after Systemic Treatment with Rituximab in a Patient with B-Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Case Reports in Hematology, 2013
Limbic encephalitis is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system characterized by diverse neurologic symptoms including mnestic disturbances, hallucinations, and seizures as well as behavioral symptoms like depression, personality changes ...
Hendrik Nogai, Heike Israel-Willner, Rolf Zschenderlein, Antonio Pezzutto   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Performance of cryptogenic new onset refractory status epilepticus score in a Brazilian cohort after testing for antineuronal antibodies with tissue‐based and cell‐based assays

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This study was undertaken to describe a case series of Brazilian new onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) patients and evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of a clinical score to predict cryptogenic etiology (c‐NORSE score) after autoimmune encephalitis (AE) testing.
João Henrique Fregadolli Ferreira, Anna Maria Gomes, Ana Carolina Zetehaku, Taissa Ferrari Marinho, Fabio Fieni Toso, Caio César Diniz Disserol, Mariana Braatz Krueger, Mara Lúcia Schmitz Ferreira Santos, Aline Freire Borges Juliano, Tércio Luz Barbosa, Letícia Januzi de Almeida Rocha, Fernando Tenório Gameleira, Renata Barbosa Paolilo, Vanessa Daccach, João Pedro Izidoro Gomes, Katia Lin, Adaucto Wanderley da Nóbrega Jr., Emily Lima Marmentini, Eduardo Ferracioli Fusão, Anderson de Cuffa, Georgia Lelis Aranha Tavares, Ronaldo Maciel Dias, Sabrina Stephanie Lana Diniz, Fábio Siquineli, Pedro Braga‐Neto, Paulo Ribeiro Nobrega, Lorena Pitombeira Sanders, Fernanda Martins Maia Carvalho, Renata Brasileiro Reis Pereira, Eduardo Sousa de Melo, Adélia Maria de Miranda Henriques‐Souza, Clecio de Oliveira Godeiro Jr., Omar Gurrola Arambula, Filipe Nolasco de Souza e Silva, Karla Oliveira Couto, Dayane Danieli, Katia Werneck Seitz, Alessandra Dellavance, Verena Endmayr, Romana Höftberger, Luis Eduardo Coelho Andrade, Luis Otavio Caboclo, Livia Almeida Dutra   +42 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep brain stimulation of the centromedian nucleus for drug‐resistant epilepsy in children: Quality‐of‐life and functional outcomes from the CHILD‐DBS registry

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Deep brain stimulation of the centromedian nucleus of the thalamus (CM‐DBS) is an investigational, off‐label treatment for drug‐resistant epilepsy (DRE) in children. Although emerging evidence supports its safety and efficacy for select indications, the effect of CM‐DBS on quality of life and functional outcomes such as school ...
Karim Mithani, Farbod Niazi, Hrishikesh Suresh, Yousof Alrumayyan, Eriberto R. Rayco, Ayako Ochi, Hiroshi Otsubo, Elizabeth Kerr, Sara Breitbart, Andrea LeBlanc‐Millar, Nisha Gadgil, Jeffrey S. Raskin, Alexander G. Weil, Aristides Hadjinicolaou, Christian Iorio‐Morin, Shelly Weiss, Puneet Jain, Lauren Sham, Elizabeth Donner, Alfonso Fasano, Carolina Gorodetsky, George M. Ibrahim   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis mimicking acute herpetic encephalitis

Apollo Medicine, 2019
Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis (PLE) is a rare disorder that typically follows a chronic or subacute course of personality changes, memory loss, seizures, and hallucinations.
Charchit Gupta, Dinesh Chaudhari, Pushpendra Nath Renjen, Anjali Mishra, Shivangi Garg, Rajendra Pradhan   +5 more
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Do cognitive activities during neuropsychological testing trigger seizures?

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Previous studies have suggested that stress precipitates seizures and that cognitive exertion may increase brain excitability, thereby possibly contributing to seizure occurrence during neuropsychological examinations. The present study investigates whether specific, standardized cognitive activities are linked to seizure occurrence.
Sophia Wismeth, Mostafa Badr, Christoph Helmstaedter, Juri‐Alexander Witt, Rainer Surges   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Abrupt and Severe Onset of Dystonia, Chorea and Hemiplegic Episodes in a Young Boy with a Novel Heterozygous Missense Variant in the GTPase Domain of RHOBTB2

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Phuong T. Hoang, Ian O. Bledsoe, Marta San Luciano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Repeated injection of pooled frozen allogeneic umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stromal cells in 5 flat‐racing horses

Equine Veterinary Education, EarlyView.
Summary Background Tendinopathies in racehorses are challenging to treat, and restoring normal tendon composition remains elusive despite extensive research. Equine multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) have shown promise for tendon repair, and various sources of MSC have been described.
A. Merchan Muñoz, N. Coté, T. Koch, S. Mehrpouyan, A. H. Alizadeh, K. A. Russell, G. Monteith, J. Koenig   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source