Autoimmune Encephalitis

A daughter remembers her mom to help others with AE June 21, 2017

The following was sent to us by Erin Wicke Dankert to honor her mother Rita. “My family has been very open with my Mom’s experience in hopes of helping others with this condition.”  AEA is so appreciative of this personal sharing by all who loved Rita. In March, my family suffered the devastating loss of […]

A 24-year old got a mysterious disease where her body attacked her brain — and everyone thought it was in her mind May 23, 2017

“Brain under attack” by Carol Harbers May 5, 2017

Duke Health recently posted an article by Carol Habers that follows the four-year journey to an autoimmmune encephalitis diagnosis of Lucas Quinones-Reed.  “Reed, Quinones, and Lucas met with Dr. Heather Van Mater, MD, a pediatric rheumatologist and Dr. William Gallentine, DO, a pediatric neurologist. ‘They came in with a box full of medical records,’ said Van Mater. Immediately, she saw […]