 Limbic Encephalitis
"Limbic Encephalitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A paraneoplastic syndrome marked by degeneration of neurons in the LIMBIC SYSTEM. Clinical features include HALLUCINATIONS, loss of EPISODIC MEMORY; ANOSMIA; AGEUSIA; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; DEMENTIA; and affective disturbance (depression). Circulating anti-neuronal antibodies (e.g., anti-Hu; anti-Yo; anti-Ri; and anti-Ma2) and small cell lung carcinomas or testicular carcinoma are frequently associated with this syndrome.
| Descriptor ID |
D020363
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.588.614.550.450 C04.730.856.437 C10.228.140.430.525 C10.228.228.245.700 C10.574.781.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Limbic Encephalitis- Limbic Encephalitis
- Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis
- Encephalitides, Paraneoplastic Limbic
- Encephalitis, Paraneoplastic Limbic
- Limbic Encephalitis, Paraneoplastic
- Encephalitis, Limbic
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Limbic Encephalitis" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Limbic Encephalitis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Limbic Encephalitis" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Ramberger M, Berretta A, Tan JMM, Sun B, Michael S, Yeo T, Theorell J, Bashford-Rogers R, Paneva S, O'Dowd V, Dedi N, Topia S, Griffin R, Ramirez-Franco J, El Far O, Baulac S, Leite MI, Sen A, Jeans A, McMillan D, Marshall D, Anthony D, Lightwood D, Waters P, Irani SR. Distinctive binding properties of human monoclonal LGI1 autoantibodies determine pathogenic mechanisms. Brain. 2020 06 01; 143(6):1731-1745.
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