Acute psychosis in children: do not miss immune-mediated causes

MD Al-Mendalawi - Neurosciences Journal, 2017 - nsj.org.sa
We have read with interest the case report by AlHakeem et al1 and we have 3 comments on
it. First, in their evaluation of 3 patients, the authors diagnosed immune-mediated psychosis …

Follow-up Editors' Note: Clinical, Neuroimmunologic, and CSF Investigations in First Episode Psychosis

S Galetta, A Ganesh, A Lewis, JE Siegler - Neurology, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
In “Clinical, Neuroimmunologic, and CSF Investigations in First Episode Psychosis,” Guasp
et al. created an algorithm for the workup of first-episode psychosis to identify autoimmune …

Author response: clinical, neuroimmunologic, and CSF investigations in First Episode Psychosis

M Guasp, J Dalmau - Neurology, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Dr. Tebartz et al. misunderstand our manuscript. 1 First, since our initial description of anti-
NMDAR encephalitis, we have recommended CSF studies for patients with first-episode …

Autoimmune encephalitis in first episode psychoses: all smoke and no fire?

MJ Titulaer, GS Day - Neurology, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
The discovery of patients with prominent psychosis and subacute decline in neurologic
function associated with immunoglobulin G (IgG) autoantibodies against CNS NMDA …

Acute psychosis in children: do not miss immune-mediated causes

AS AlHakeem, MS Mekki, SM AlShahwan… - Neurosciences …, 2016 - nsj.org.sa
New-onset psychosis in children represents a complex presenting symptom. Psychosis can
be attributable to a combination of factors and etiologies, and all possible causes must be …

Evaluating Associations Between Non-neuronal Autoimmune Disorders and Psychosis

R Brown, MS Zandi - Biological Psychiatry, 2019 - biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com
The relationship between autoimmunity and psychotic illness is complex. Converging
evidence for an association between systemic and brain-specific innate and adaptive …

Time for a change of practice: the real-world value of testing for neuronal autoantibodies in acute first-episode psychosis

TA Pollak, BR Lennox - BJPsych Open, 2018 - cambridge.org
It is time that all patients with acute-onset psychosis are screened for autoimmune
encephalitis, that lumbar puncture becomes a routine psychiatric investigation and that …

Reader Response: Clinical, Neuroimmunologic, and CSF Investigations in First Episode Psychosis

L Tebartz van Elst, K Runge, D Endres, M Leboyer… - Neurology, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Guasp et al. 1 address the central clinical issue of how to identify autoimmune psychosis
(AP) in first-episode psychosis (FEP). They recommend general MRI, EEG, and antibody …

[HTML][HTML] Disease-relevant autoantibodies in first episode schizophrenia

MS Zandi, SR Irani, B Lang, P Waters, PB Jones… - Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Schizophrenia is a common, heterogenous and complex disorder with unknown aetiology
[1]. There is established evidence for N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) hypofunction …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence of neuronal membrane target antibodies in first-episode psychosis: abridged secondary publication

CSY Chong, WTL Lo, CM Mak, SPL Chen… - … Kong Med J, 2020 - rfs1.healthbureau.gov.hk
Methods The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Kowloon West
Cluster (Ref: KW/EX-14-054 (73-09)). Consecutive subjects were recruited from the Early …