Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 83 cases of autoimmune encephalitis (AE) with co-existence of multiple anti-neuronal antibodies
Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
Sex, n(%) | |
 Male | 52(62.6%) |
 Female | 31(37.4%) |
Age, y, median (range) | 59(4–84) |
 <20, n(%) | 8(9.6%) |
 20–40, n(%) | 9(10.8%) |
 40–60, n(%) | 31(37.3%) |
 >60, n(%) | 35(42.2%) |
Presenting symptom (n = 76) | |
 Cognitive impairment, n(%) | 53(69.7%) |
 Seizure, n(%) | 47(61.8%) |
 Psychosis, n(%) | 24(31.6%) |
 Disturbed consciousness, n(%) | 18(23.7%) |
 Sleep disorder, n(%) | 11(14.5%) |
 Peripheral nerve symptom, n(%) | 11(14.5%) |
 Hallucination, n(%) | 10(13.1%) |
 Cerebellar symptoms, n(%) | 7(9.2%) |
Tumor, n(%) | 39(46.9%) |
 Lung cancer | 28(33.7%) |
 Mediastinum tumor | 3(3.6%) |
 Thymoma | 2(2.4%) |
 Ovarian teratoma | 2(2.4%) |
 Othersa | 4(4.8%) |
Outcomes, n(%) | |
 Improvement | 57(68.6%) |
 Died | 26(31.3%) |