Adrian Budhram

Dec 26, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Adrian Budhram |Sarosh R Irani |Eoin P. Flanagan

Looking Beyond Syndrome-Based Criteria for Autoimmune Encephalitis—The Need for Complementary Neural Antibody–Based Diagnostic Criteria Encephalitis classically presents as a syndrome of rapidly progressive encephalopathy with memory deficits, altered mental status, and/or psychiatric symptoms.1 Syndrome-based criteria for autoimmune encephalitis (AE) were proposed as part of a diagnostic algorithm and help clinicians navigate differential diagnoses while awaiting antibody results.1 With use...