Objective To characterize a case series of Colombian patients with autoimmune encephalitis (AE). Background AE is often an under-recognized entity and antibody testing not widely available in many developing countries. There lack population-based data on Colombia. Design/Methods We made comprehensive review the literature Additionally, we contacted researchers other tertiary care institutions B...

Since anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis was first described almost a decade ago, the family of disorders associated with antibodies against neuronal surface antigens is one of the most rapidly expanding categories of neurologic disease. With this growth comes a paradigm shift in neurology—autoimmune encephalitis has evolved from an often vaguely defined clinical syndrome to a group of pre...

Anti N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis is one of the most common types of autoimmune synaptic encephalitis. Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis commonly occurs in young women with ovarian teratoma. It has variable clinical manifestations and treatment responses. Sometimes it is misdiagnosed as a psychiatric disorder or viral encephalitis. To the best of our knowledge, anti-NMDA rece...