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Limbic Encephalitis When the Immune Response Is the Hidden Problem

dc.contributor.authorAmaral, M
dc.contributor.authorFerrão, J
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, B
dc.contributor.authorPinheiro, S
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-13T12:16:00Z
dc.date.available2021-10-13T12:16:00Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractLimbic Encephalitis (LE) defined as a rare and frequently underrecognized immunomediated syndrome, presents with a constellation of unspecific behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms, developing over weeks to months. Personality disturbance, complex partial mesotemporal seizures and a subacute severe impairment of short-term memory are the cardinal symptoms, reflecting the involvement of the grand lobe limbique. The etiology is still poorly understood. Until recently, paraneoplastic etiology was thought to be the most common cause of LE, often preceding the malignancy identification (60%–75%). In the last decade other associations have been considered, namely infectious or autoimmune diseases. It appears that non-paraneoplastic LE (unassociated with onconeural antibodies) is at least 5 times more frequent than the one where paraneoplastic antibodies are detected, even excluding the cases of paraneoplastic LE that are antibody-negative (40%). To date, co-occurrence of two possible etiologies of this rare syndrome, in the same patient, has never been reported.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationInt J Med Rev Case Rep. 2020; 4(12): 109-112pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.5455/IJMRCR.Limbic-Encephalitispt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/3876
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.publisherBulgarian Association of Young Surgeonspt_PT
dc.subjectHSAC MEDpt_PT
dc.subjectHSAC DERpt_PT
dc.subjectLimbic Encephalitispt_PT
dc.subjectLupuspt_PT
dc.subjectParaneoplastic Syndromespt_PT
dc.subjectImmunosuppressionpt_PT
dc.titleLimbic Encephalitis When the Immune Response Is the Hidden Problempt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage112pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage109pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Medical Reviews and Case Reportspt_PT
oaire.citation.volume4pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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