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Case | Gender | Age at diagnosis | Antibodies | Intensity of positive test | Seizure | Associated features | CSF findings | MRI findings | Treatment | Outcome/follow-up duration |
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1 | F | 10 months | Anti-NMDAR | CSF: ++ | Yes | Behavioral disorders, speech disorders, orofacial dyskinesia, dystonia chorea | Normal | Increased temporal T2 signal | Methylprednisolone IVIG | Full recovery/3 years |
2 | M | 9 years | Anti-NMDAR | CSF: +++ Serum: + | Yes | Behavioral disorders, decreased level of consciousness, sleepiness, speech disorders, orofacial dyskinesia, dystonia | Normal | Normal | Methylprednisolone IVIG | Partial recovery/3 months |
3 | M | 8 years | Anti-NMDAR | CSF: +++ | Yes | Behavioral disorders, decreased level of consciousness, orofacial dyskinesia | Hyperproteinorrhachia, pleocytosis | Normal | Methylprednisolone IVIG | Full recovery/6 years |
4 | M | 12 years | Anti-NMDAR | CSF: ++ Serum: ++ | Yes | Behavioral disorders, hallucination, speech disorders, dystonia | Normal | Normal | Methylprednisolone IVIG | Full recovery/3 years |
5 | F | 13 years | Anti-NMDAR | CSF: + Serum: - | Yes | Behavioral disorders, decreased level of consciousness | Normal | Normal | Methylprednisolone IVIG Azathioprine | Full recovery/4.5 years |
6 | F | 5.5 years | Anti-NMDAR | CSF: + Serum: - | Yes | Behavioral disorders, speech disorders, sleepiness | Normal | T2/FLAIR hyperintensity with no contrast enhancement in deep white matter | Methylprednisolone IVIG Azathioprine | Partial recovery/6.5 years |
7 | F | 13 years | Anti-NMDAR | CSF: + Serum: - | Yes | Behavioral disorders, orofacial dyskinesia | Pleocytosis | Normal | Methylprednisolone IVIG | Full recovery/6 years |
8 | M | 8.5 years | Anti-NMDAR | CSF: + Serum: - | Yes | Behavioral disorders, speech disorders, orofacial dyskinesia, sleepiness | Pleocytosis | Normal | Methylprednisolone IVIG | Full recovery/3 months |
9 | F | 13 years | Anti-NMDAR | CSF: + | No | Behavioral disorders, speech disorders, sleepiness | Normal | Increased temporal T2 signal | Methylprednisolone IVIG | Partial recovery/9.5 years |
10 | F | 6 years | Anti-NMDAR | CSF: + Serum: +/- | Yes | Behavioral disorders, decreased level of consciousness, speech disorders, dystonia, orofacial dyskinesia | Hyperproteinorrhachia | Increased temporal T2 signal | Methylprednisolone IVIG Azathioprine | Full recovery/4.5 years |
11 | F | 8 years | Anti-NMDAR | CSF: +++ Serum: - | Yes | Behavioral disorders, hallucination, decreased level of consciousness sleepiness, speech disorders, orofacial dyskinesia | Pleocytosis | Increased thalamus T2 signal | Methylprednisolone IVIG | Full recovery/3 months |
12 | F | 6 years | Anti-Ma2 | Serum: + | Yes | Behavioral disorder, speech disorders | Normal | Normal | Methylprednisolone IVIG | Partial recovery/5.5 years |
13 | M | 8 years | Anti-Ma2 | Serum: ++ | Yes | Behavioral disorders, decreased level of consciousness, hallucination | Pleocytosis | External capsule Increased signal | Methylprednisolone IVIG Azathioprine | Full recovery/1.5 years |
14 | F | 23 months | Anti-Ma2 | CSF: + Serum: + | Yes | Decreased level of consciousness, speech disorders, behavioral disorders, hallucination | Normal | Increased left temporoparietal, basifrontal, and occipital T2 signal with leptomeningeal enhancement | Methylprednisolone | Partial recovery/3 months |
15 | M | 2.5 years | Anti-Ma2 | CSF: ++ Serum: + | Yes | Behavioral disorders, decreased level of consciousness, speech disorders, swallowing and chewing disorders, drooling | Normal | Increased right frontal signal | Methylprednisolone IVIG Azathioprine | Partial recovery/6.5 years |
16 | F | 4.5 years | Anti-GAD65 | CSF: 45 UI/ml ( UI/ml) | Yes | Behavioral disorders, decreased level of consciousness, orofacial dyskinesia, sleepiness | Normal | Normal | Methylprednisolone IVIG Azathioprine | Partial recovery/6 years |
17 | F | 9 years | Anti-GAD65 | CSF: 32 UI/ml ( UI/ml) | Yes | Behavioral disorders, decreased level of consciousness, speech disorders, autonomic disturbances, hallucination, sleepiness | Normal | Normal | Methylprednisolone IVIG Rituximab | Deceased/6 months |
18 | M | 9.5 years | Anti-GAD65 | CSF: 71 U/ml ( UI/ml) | Yes | Decreased level of consciousness, acute confusional state, visual hallucinations, behavioral disorders, tremor | Pleocytosis | Normal | Methylprednisolone IVIG Azathioprine | Partial recovery/1.5 years |
19 | F | 12 years | Anti-SOX1 | Serum: +++ | Yes | Behavioral disorders, decreased level of consciousness, distal upper limb tremor and myoclonia | Pleocytosis | Increased temporal T2 signal | Methylprednisolone IVIG | Partial recovery/1 year |
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