ANSWER: Encephalitis means inflammation of the brain, which is a rare condition. It can be caused by infections (especially viruses) or autoimmune reactions, including antibody-mediated encephalitis.
DEAR DR. ROACH: My 28-year-old son is in the hospital. He hasn’t been acting like himself for a few weeks (not sleeping nor eating well), and he suddenly had four seizures. The doctors are worried ...
My 28-year-old son is in the hospital. He hasn't been acting like himself for a few weeks (not sleeping nor eating well), and ...
“My year of unraveling” is how a despairing Christy Morrill described nightmarish months when his immune system hijacked his brain. What’s called autoimmune encephalitis attacks the organ that makes ...
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Moleculera Labs, Inc., a precision medicine, autoimmune neurobiology company, today announced the online publication of a study in the Journal of Neuroimmunology ...
A relatively new class of autoimmune diseases that affect the brain is making psychiatrists rethink some diagnoses.
Dr. Sukhvir Wright at Aston University Institute for Health and Neurodevelopment (IHN), and honorary consultant neurologist at Birmingham Children's Hospital (BCH), has been awarded a £3.4m Career ...
BALTIMORE — The anti-interleukin-6 (IL-6) antibody drug tocilizumab shows efficacy in the treatment of patients with autoimmune limbic encephalitis (ALE) who do not respond to rituximab, new research ...
Our immune system has a dark side: It’s supposed to fight off invaders to keep us healthy. But sometimes it turns traitor and attacks our own cells and tissues. New research is raising the prospect of ...
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