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Table 2 Main data in the patients (including our patient) with anti-LGI1 encephalitis

From: Clinical characteristics of Leucine-rich glioma-inactivated protein 1 antibody-mediated autoimmune encephalitis in a 6-year-old girl: case report and literature reviews

Clinical features

LGI-positive encephalitis (n=25)

Seizures

16/25 (64%)

Encephalopathy

10/25 (40%)

Psycho-behavioral changes

12/25 (48%)

Sleep disorders

5/25 (20%)

Pain

4/25 (16%)

Amnesia

4/25 (16%)

Movement disorders

6/25 (24%)

FBDS

4/25 (16%)

Hyponatremia

3/25 (12%)

Ataxia

4/25 (16%)

ANS

2/25 (8%)

Dizzy

2/25 (8%)

Abnormal brain MRI/PET

11/25 (44%)

Abnormal EEG

15/25 (60%)

Immune therapy

20/25 (80%)

  1. LGI1 Leucine-rich glioma-inactivated protein 1, FBDS faciobrachial dystonic seizures, ANS automatic nervous system, EEG electroencephalogram, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, PET positron emission tomography