Autoimmune encephalitis encompasses a group of inflammatory brain disorders in which the body's immune system aberrantly targets neuronal antigens. This disruption results in complex clinical ...

BALTIMORE — The anti-interleukin-6 (IL-6) antibody drug tocilizumab shows efficacy in the treatment of patients with autoimmune limbic encephalitis (ALE) who do not respond to rituximab, new research ...

“My year of unraveling” is how a despairing Christy Morrill described nightmarish months when his immune system hijacked his brain. What’s called autoimmune encephalitis attacks the organ that makes ...

Encephalitis is a disease referring to the inflammation or swelling of the brain. Broadly, it can happen because of infections, including viral infections, or the immune system acting up. That’s why ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 28-year-old son is in the hospital. He hasn’t been acting like himself for a few weeks (not sleeping nor eating well), and he suddenly had four seizures. The doctors are worried ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ORLANDO, Fla. — Although rheumatic diseases must be considered in a differential diagnosis of autoimmune ...

Autoimmune neurological diseases are conditions where the immune system attacks nerve cells. Damage to neuronal cells can lead to a variety of neurologic and psychiatric symptoms. Autoimmune diseases ...

Former Australian athletics champion Tiana Death (pronounced Dee-arthe) has publicly shared her diagnosis of a rare neurological condition, autoimmune encephalitis, two years after she collapsed at ...

Meningitis causes swelling in the membranes around the brain and spinal cord. Encephalitis is inflammation of brain tissues ...