Short Communication
Plasma Exchange for Autoimmune Encephalitis and Acute Demyelinating Encephalomyelitis in Children: Clinical and Radiological Characteristics
T Moussa1, L Baker1, A Chehab1, H Osman1, A Elbeltagi2, A Kaddourah3, A Khair1 and K Mohamed1*
11Department of Paediatric Neurology, Hamad General Hospital, Qatar
22Department of Neuro-radiology, Hamad General Hospital, Qatar
33Department of Nephrology, Hamad General Hospital, Qatar
- *Corresponding Author:
- Khalid A Mohamed
Department of Paediatric Neurology
Hamad General Hospital, Qatar
Tel: 901-287-6303
E-mail: KMohamed9@hamad.qa
Received Date: September 06, 2017 Accepted Date: September 26, 2017 Published Date: September 28, 2017
Citation: Moussa T, Baker L, Chehab A, Osman H, Elbeltagi A, et al. (2017) Plasma Exchange for Autoimmune Encephalitis and Acute Demyelinating Encephalomyelitis in Children: Clinical and Radiological Characteristics. J Neuroinfect Dis 8: 262. doi: 10.4172/2314-7326.1000262
Copyright: © 2017 Moussa T, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons attribution license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is a term used to indicate onset of acute neuropsychiatric symptoms with deterioration of consciousness, seizures and focal neurological deficit secondary to a presumed autoimmune aetiology. Infections such as acute bacterial or viral encephalitis, toxins and other causes of encephalopathy should be excluded. Additionally, a search for an aetiological factor should include testing and CSF for the likely causative antibodies.
