Autoimmune encephalitis in psychiatric institutions: current perspectives

December 30, 2016

Autoimmune encephalitis in psychiatric institutions: current perspectives
Bost et al.
Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2016; 12: 2775–2787.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5089825/

Autoimmune encephalitis is a rare and newly described group of diseases involving autoantibodies directed against synaptic and neuronal cell surface antigens. As neurological symptoms are fairly well described in the literature, this review focuses on the nature of psychiatric symptoms occurring at the onset or during the course of the diseases.

Abstract from ncbi.nlm.nih.gov