Of all the ways our immune system can run amok and damage the body instead of protecting it, autoimmune encephalitis is one ...

A rare case describes onset of myasthenia gravis, neuromyelitis optica, and anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor in one woman, ...

Anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis was first reported to develop in female young adults with ovarian teratoma. However, another study with a larger cohort reported that more than one-third of all ...

relationship between anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis and vaccination (or tumors). In addition, it is worth mentioning that HPV can cause cancers, and anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is associated with ...

STOCKTON, Calif. (KGO) -- A writer's inspiration can take many forms. For Joy Van, it happened while her son was hospitalized with a rare autoimmune disease. "I was sitting in the hospital with him ...

In autoimmune encephalitis, a rare but serious and sometimes life-threatening inflammation of the central nervous system, the body's own defenses are directed against the central nervous system. This ...

A TEENAGE GIRL IN FRUITLAND PARK CONTRACTED A RARE AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE THAT CAN CAUSE SEIZURES AND HALLUCINATIONS. SUMMER: BUT BECAUSE IT’S SO RARE, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE. WESH 2’S MARLEI ...

Autoimmune encephalitis stole years of father Christy Morrill's memories and can lead to psychosis. But it is being caught ...

Arialys Therapeutics Publishes Preclinical Data in Nature Communications Supporting ART5803 as a First-in-Class Precision Therapeutic for Anti-NMDA Receptor Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disease Study ...

When it comes to autoimmune diseases, some parts of the body are thought to be more protected from inflammatory responses than others. The brain is one such place, or at least it was. Scientific ...

Lauren (center) was a 22-year-old who truly believed she was living out an episode of "The Walking Dead" (left). In fact, she had an undiagnosed, rare neurological condition, anti-NMDA-receptor ...

NMDAR antibodies are present in serum and CSF, usually with intrathecal synthesis, and are sometimes only detected in the CSF. The main target epitopes are in the NR1/NR2 heteromers of the NMDAR. The ...