Long-term-video monitoring EEG and 18F-FDG-PET are useful tools to detect residual disease activity in anti-LGI1-Abs encephalitis: A case report

Long-term-video monitoring EEG and 18F-FDG-PET are useful tools to detect residual disease activity in anti-LGI1-Abs encephalitis: A case report

BackgroundThe use of CD20-depleting monoclonal antibodies has shown to improve the long-term outcome of patients with anti-leucine-rich glioma-inactivated protein 1 antibodies (anti-LGI1-Abs) encephalitis after first-line immunotherapy, but currently predictive markers of treatment response and dise...

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Main Authors: Sara Cornacchini, Antonio Farina, Margherita Contento, Valentina Berti, Martina Biggi, Alessandro Barilaro, Luca Massacesi, Valentina Damato, Eleonora Rosati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
anti-LGI1-antibodies
autoimmune encephalitis
rituximab
18F-FDG-PET
EEG
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2022.949240/full

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