Epilepsy is the tendency to have unprovoked epileptic seizures. Anything causing structural
or functional derangement of brain physiology may lead to seizures, and different conditions …

Several CNS disorders associated with specific antibodies to ion channels, receptors, and
other synaptic proteins have been recognised over the past 10 years, and can be often …

Background: Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) are defined by the presence of
cancer and exclusion of other known causes of the neurological symptoms, but this criterion …

Major advances in the management of paraneoplastic neurologic disorders (PND) include
the detection of new antineuronal antibodies, the improved characterisation of known …

Patients presenting with subacute amnesia are frequently seen in acute neurological
practice. Amongst the differential diagnoses, herpes simplex encephalitis, Korsakoff's …

Paraneoplastic syndromes are signs or symptoms that occur as a result of organ or tissue
damage at locations remote from the site of the primary tumor or metastases. Paraneoplastic …

We report seven patients, six from a single institution, who developed subacute limbic
encephalitis initially considered of uncertain aetiology. Four patients presented with …

Conclusions: Once considered an extremely rare disorder, almost always related to cancer,
and refractory to treatment, limbic encephalitis is now regarded as a relatively frequent …

Anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis is a severe, treatable and potentially reversible disorder
presenting with memory deficits, psychiatric symptoms and seizures. Initially described in …

Objectives: To describe the clinical features and coexisting serum autoantibodies in seven
patients with encephalitis associated with autoantibodies to α-dendrotoxin-sensitive voltage …