Clinical Trial: New Biomarkers in Auto-immune Encephalitis and Neurological Paraneoplastic Syndromes
Study Status: Active, not recruiting
Recruit Status: Active, not recruiting
Condition:
Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndrome
Autoimmune Encephalitis
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: New Biomarkers in Auto-immune Encephalitis and Neurological Paraneoplastic Syndromes
Brief Summary:
Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) and paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) are rare neuroimmune syndromes with a wide range of clinical presentation but without pathognomonic clinical sign facilitating the diagnosis. A lot of differential diagnoses are possible such as neurodegenerative diseases or viral infections. Although rare the diagnosis of AE or PNS is essential because despite severe neurological symptoms, patients can be cured by appropriate immunotherapy. Autoantibodies highly specific of AE and PNS…
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