Slowly progressive LGI1 encephalitis with isolated late-onset cognitive dysfunction: a treatable mimic of Alzheimer's disease

Eur J Neurol. 2016 May;23(5):e28-9. doi: 10.1111/ene.12939.

J Marquetand¹, M van Lessen², B Bender³, M Reimold⁴, G Elsen¹, W Stoecker⁵, M Synofzik^{6

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¹ Department of Epileptology, Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Tübingen, Germany.
² Section of Neuropsychology, Department of Cognitive Neurology, Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Tübingen, Germany.
³ Department of Neuroradiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
⁴ Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
⁵ Euroimmun Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG, Lübeck, Germany.
⁶ Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Tübingen, Germany.
⁷ German Research Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Tübingen, Germany.

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Keywords: Alzheimer mimic; Alzheimer's disease; LGI; autoimmune; dementia; differential diagnosis; encephalitis; limbic encephalitis.

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