Autoimmune encephalitis occurs when the immune system becomes disrupted and attacks a person’s own brain tissue. Encephalitis is inflammation or infection of brain tissue. It causes symptoms such as ...

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Autoimmune encephalitis describes when the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy brain cells, resulting in inflammation that leads to neurologic and psychiatric symptoms. At present ...

Then, after a special test, a neurologist diagnoses you with a rare autoimmune disease called anti-NMDAR (Anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor) encephalitis. This is what happened to Susannah ...

Nov. 3, 2023 — Researchers have pioneered a novel treatment for the most common autoimmune encephalitis. By reprogramming white blood cells to target and eliminate ... The Quail Could Be the ...

Autoimmune encephalitis is a 'collection of related conditions in which the body's immune system attacks the brain, causing inflammation'. The immune system produces substances called 'antibodies ...

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s Furukawa lab is studying an autoimmune disease called anti-NMDAR encephalitis in collaboration with Professor Christian Geis’ team at the University of Jena and ...

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