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May 07, 2019; 92 (19) Editorial

Recognizing autoimmune encephalitis as a cause of seizures

Treating cause and not effect

Jeffrey W. Britton, Josep Dalmau
First published April 12, 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000007444
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vol. 92 no. 19 877-878
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000007444
PubMed: 
30979858
Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Print ISSN: 
0028-3878
Online ISSN: 
1526-632X
History: 
  • First Published April 12, 2019.

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© 2019 American Academy of Neurology

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    1. Jeffrey W. Britton, MD and
    2. Josep Dalmau, MD
  1. Jeffrey W. Britton, MD and
    2. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other activities:

    1. Unpaid co-investigator clinical trials: -A Randomized Double Blind Placebo Controlled Study of IVIG in Patients with Voltage Gated Potassium Channel Complex Antibody Associated Autoimmune Epilepsy - Grifols Pharmaceuticals -A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study to investigate the efficacy and safety of cannabidiol (GWP42003-P, CBD) as add-on therapy in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex who experience inadequately- controlled seizures- Greenwich Pharmaceuticals - An open label extension study to investigate the safety of cannabidiol (GWP42003-P; CBD) in children and adults with inadequately controlled Dravet or Lennox-Gastaut Syndromes - Greenwich Pharmaceuticals

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. Mr. and Mrs. David Hawk charitable gift for epilepsy research

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  2. Josep Dalmau, MD
    3. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. Neurology, Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation Neurology UpToDate

    Patents:

    1. Patent for Ma2 autoantibody test: US 6,387,639; Issued May 14th, 2002. Patent for NMDA receptor autoantibody test: US 7,972,796 B2 July 5, 2011; European 2057466. Patent for GABAb receptor autoantibody test: US 8,685,656; European 2483417; Patents filed for GABA(A) receptor autoantibody test, DPPX autoantibody test, and IgLON5 autoantibody test.

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. Advance Medical

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. -NIH, RO1NS077851, PI, 2011-2018 -Instituto Carlos III/FEDER (FIS, 14/00203 and CIBERER CB15/00010, and Proyectos Integrados de Excelencia, PIE 16/00014). -Agencia de Gestio d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR), and CERCA Programme Generalitat de Catalunya -Fundacio CELLEX

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License fee payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NMDA receptor autoantibody test/Euroimmun GABA(B)R autoantibody test/Euroimmun GABA(A)R autoantibody test/Euroimmun DPPX autoantibody test/Euroimmun Iglon5 autoantibody test/Euroimmun

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. Patent Ma2 autoantibody test Patent NMDAR autoantibody test Patent GABA(B) receptor autoantibody test Patent application for the use of GABA(A) receptor, DPPX and IgLON5 autoantiboddy tests

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  1. From the Division of Epilepsy (J.W.B.) and ICREA and Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer Hospital Clínic (J.D.), Universitat de Barcelona, Spain; and Department of Neurology(J.D.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
  1. Correspondence
    Dr. Britton britton.jeffrey{at}mayo.edu
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