Limbic autoimmune encephalitis with antibodies to glutamate decarboxylase (GAD)

Limbic autoimmune encephalitis with antibodies to glutamate decarboxylase (GAD)

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Limbic encephalitis (LE) is a rare neurological syndrome, in most cases has a paraneoplastic nature, but recently there has been a large number of observations of idiopathic autoimmune LE associated with antibodies to neuronal membrane proteins.A Flange Bushing clinical case of a disease in a 13-year-old patient with the detection of antibodies to glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) is described.The debut of the disease is Decorative Bowls marked by a decrease in memory for current events after the first convulsive attack during 2 months.