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Neurology
; 51(1): 302-5, 1998 Jul.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9674829
RESUMO
We report that long-term selective immunoglobulin G immunoadsorption by protein A (PAI) improved seizure frequency and neuropsychological deficits in a 16-year-old patient with severe treatment-resistant Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE). Clinical improvement correlated with reduction of antiglutamate receptor 3 antibodies. The efficacy of PAI in our patient supports the autoimmune hypothesis of RE and suggests its application to avoid, or at least delay, functional hemispherectomy in selected cases.