Anti GFAP autoimmune encephalitis: clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Anti GFAP autoimmune encephalitis: clinical features. Optic disc edema, Optic Papillitis: this may be bilateral. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Ophthalmic features
- Optic disc edema
- Optic Papillitis: this may be bilateral
- Optic neuritis: this may be isolated and relapsing
- Visual loss
Movement disorders
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Other central neurological features
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Peripheral neurological features
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Differential diagnosis
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Prognosis
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Acronym
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References
- Fang B, McKeon A, Hinson SR, et al. Autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy: a novel meningoencephalomyelitis. JAMA Neurol 2016; 73:1297-1307.
- Flanagan EP, Hinson SR, Lennon VA, et al. Glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoglobulin G as biomarker of autoimmune astrocytopathy: analysis of 102 patients. Ann Neurol 2017; 81:298-309.
- Fang B, McKeon A, Hinson SR, Kryzer TJ, Pittock SJ, Aksamit AJ, Lennon VA. Autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy: a novel meningoencephalomyelitis. JAMA Neurol 2016; 73:1297-1307.
- Zarkali A, Cousins O, Athauda D, Moses S, Moran N, Harikrishnan S. Glial fibrillary acidic protein antibody-positive meningoencephalomyelitis. Pract Neurol 2018; 18:315-319.
- Chen JJ, Aksamit AJ, McKeon A, et al. Optic disc edema in glial fibrillary acidic protein autoantibody-positive meningoencephalitis. J Neuroophthalmol 2018; 38:276-281.
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