Canadian Consensus Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Autoimmune Encephalitis in Adults.
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- Academic Journal
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- Hahn C; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.; Budhram A; Clinical Neurological Sciences, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada.; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada.; Alikhani K; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.; AlOhaly N; Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Beecher G; Division of Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.; Blevins G; Division of Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.; Brooks J; Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Carruthers R; Division of Neurology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.; Comtois J; Neurosciences, Universite de Montreal Faculte de Medecine, Montreal, QC, Canada.; Cowan J; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.; de Robles P; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.; Department of Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.; Hébert J; Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Kapadia RK; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.; Lapointe S; Neurosciences, Universite de Montreal Faculte de Medecine, Montreal, QC, Canada.; Mackie A; Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.; Mason W; Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; McLane B; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.; Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.; Muccilli A; Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Poliakov I; Division of Neurology, University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.; Smyth P; Division of Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.; Williams KG; Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.; Uy C; Division of Neurology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.; McCombe JA; Division of Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
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- Publisher: published by Cambridge University Press for the Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0415227 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 0317-1671 (Print) Linking ISSN: 03171671 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Can J Neurol Sci Subsets: MEDLINE
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- English
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- 0317-1671
Autoimmune encephalitis is increasingly recognized as a neurologic cause of acute mental status changes with similar prevalence to infectious encephalitis. Despite rising awareness, approaches to diagnosis remain inconsistent and evidence for optimal treatment is limited. The following Canadian guidelines represent a consensus and evidence (where available) based approach to both the diagnosis and treatment of adult patients with autoimmune encephalitis. The guidelines were developed using a modified RAND process and included input from specialists in autoimmune neurology, neuropsychiatry and infectious diseases. These guidelines are targeted at front line clinicians and were created to provide a pragmatic and practical approach to managing such patients in the acute setting.