Background Autoimmune-mediated processes are the driving force behind many
neurological diseases. Autoimmune encephalitis, a group of syndromes, mediated by or at
least associated with autoantibodies against neuronal tissue, have gained increasing
importance especially in paediatric neurology. Since the first NMDAR encephalitis was
described a growing number of patients with encephalopathy, seizures and psychiatric
symptoms were found to suffer from treatable autoimmune disorders. Recently a severe form …