Faciobrachial dystonic seizures and antibodies to Lgi1 in a 92-year-old patient: a case report

J Neurol Sci. 2014 Dec 15;347(1-2):404-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.10.026. Epub 2014 Oct 22.
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Keywords: Antibodies; Autoimmune encephalitis; Faciobrachial dystonic seizures; Intravenous immunoglobulins; Leucine-rich glioma inactivated-1.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antibodies / blood
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Brain Diseases / blood
  • Brain Diseases / complications
  • Brain Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Brain Diseases / immunology
  • Encephalitis
  • Female
  • Hashimoto Disease / blood
  • Hashimoto Disease / complications
  • Hashimoto Disease / diagnosis*
  • Hashimoto Disease / immunology
  • Humans
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Proteins / immunology*
  • Seizures / blood
  • Seizures / diagnosis*
  • Seizures / etiology

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • LGI1 protein, human
  • Proteins

Supplementary concepts

  • Hashimoto's encephalitis