Autoimmune encephalitis

Diagnosis of Autoimmune Encephalitis- a) basal ganglia hypermetabolism b) medial temporal hypermetabolsim

Autoimmune encephalitis is a type of encephalitis that can result from a number of autoimmune diseases including:

* Rasmussen encephalitis
* Systemic lupus erythematosus
* Behcet's disease
* Hashimoto's encephalopathy
* Autoimmune limbic encephalitis[1]
* Sydenham's chorea
* PANS or PANDAS

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1. ↑ Bhalla, D.; Godet, B.; Druet-Cabanac, M.; Preux, PM. (Jun 2011). "Etiologies of epilepsy: a comprehensive review". Expert Rev Neurother. 11 (6): 861–76. doi:10.1586/ern.11.51. PMID 21651333. S2CID 21190601.