Recent Treatment Therapies for Autoimmune Encephalitis

Abstract

Autoimmune encephalitis is a rare condition but its contribution to total acute encephalitis syndrome cases has been observed to increase in recent years. The cause of auto immune encephalitis is due to the presence of antibodies against intracellular or extracellular receptors of neurons. Out of these receptors extracellular receptors are very important for which different options of medication and therapies are adopted. In this article a brief overview regarding treatment options available to clinicians have been discussed.