A Texas college student spent months suffering from unexplained seizures and psychosis before UTHealth Houston doctors determined she had a rare condition.
Nora Scott from High River, Alta. had an emotional meeting with the doctor who figured out she had a rare form of autoimmune ...
A new study reveals a critical vulnerability in a brain receptor targeted by a rare autoimmune disease. Researchers have ...
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis, caused by HSV types 1 and 2, is the most common sporadic viral encephalitis worldwide, with an annual incidence of around 2·2–4·6 per million people.1 Before ...
A major UK clinical trial has shown that adding the corticosteroid dexamethasone to standard antiviral treatment for ...
New OHSU study maps antibody "hot spots" behind anti‑NMDAR encephalitis. Could change diagnosis and treatment.
A new OHSU study shows how the immune system can quietly disrupt brain function — and why the disease is often hard to ...
A relatively new class of autoimmune diseases that affect the brain is making psychiatrists rethink some diagnoses.
OREGON, USA — Nearly two decades after first being identified, a rare and life-threatening brain-inflammation disease may soon have new treatment candidates. The disorder, called anti-NMDA ...
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