PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sarah Clews
AU  - Sharmila Jeyasing
AU  - Ming Lim
TI  - Fifteen-minute consultation: autoimmune encephalitis
AID  - 10.1136/edpract-2014-307402
DP  - 2015 Dec 01
TA  - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition
PG  - 282--287
VI  - 100
IP  - 6
4099  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/100/6/282.short
4100  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/100/6/282.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed2015 Dec 01; 100
AB  - Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is increasingly diagnosed in children, and can result in severe long-term disability. We use a clinical case to illustrate the core clinical features, initial investigations and management of this potentially treatable condition, and describe the common presenting neurological syndromes alongside highlighting differences between each autoantibody subtype.