JAMA Neurology · 2017 · 209 citations · 11 references
Among adult patients with epilepsy of unknown etiology, a significant minority had detectable serum Abs suggesting an autoimmune etiology. Certain clinical features (encoded in the APE score) could be used to identify patients with the highest probability of harboring neurological Abs.
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Utility of an immunotherapy trial in evaluating patients with presumed autoimmune epilepsy
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Prevalence of neurologic autoantibodies in cohorts of patients with new and established epilepsy
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