Observational studyNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2022
Autoimmune encephalitis: the first observational study from Iran.
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- Movement disorders in cell surface antibody mediated autoimmune encephalitis: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Autonomic Dysfunction and Sleep Disorder in 35 Autoimmune Encephalitis.Sleep medicine: X · 2026Article
- Anti-Zic4- and Anti-NMDAR-Positive Patients and Their Correlation with Clinical Course and Image Diagnostic Findings-Case Reports.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Prognostic Outcomes in Seropositive and Seronegative Autoimmune Encephalitis.Iranian journal of child neurology · 2026Article
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- Clinical and Autoimmune Profiles of Omani Patients with True Versus False Positive Autoimmune Encephalitis Antibodies Panels.Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2025Article
- Brazilian autoimmune encephalitis network (BrAIN): antibody profile and clinical characteristics from a multicenter study.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Article
- Detection of anti-NMDA receptor antibodies following BBIBP-CorV COVID-19 vaccination in a rituximab-treated person with multiple sclerosis presenting with manifestations of an acute relapse.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Article
- Update on Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration.Brain sciences · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundEven within the most populous countries in the Middle East, such as Iran, autoimmune encephalitis cases have been rarely reported.
objectiveWe aimed to describe the demographic, clinical, and paraclinical characteristics of Iranian patients with autoimmune encephalitis positive for anti-neuronal autoantibodies.
methodsThis cross-sectional study included all patients diagnosed with autoimmune encephalitis and referred to our hospital, in Isfahan, Iran, from March 2016 to May 2020. Patients' demographic, clinical, laboratory, radiological, and electroencephalographic features were obtained from their medical records.
resultsWe identified a total of 39 (21 females, 53.8%) patients with autoimmune encephalitis (mean age = 34.9 ± 12.8 years). The most commonly detected antibody was anti-NMDAR (n = 26, 66.7%), followed by anti-GABA
conclusionThis was the first case series of Iranian patients with autoimmune encephalitis with some interesting observations, including SLE-associated anti-NMDAR encephalitis, as well as an unusual concurrence of anti-Zic4 antibody positivity and cognitive problems, seizures, parkinsonism, and stiff-person syndrome.
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