Anti GAD65 Encephalopathy Presenting with Reversible Encephalopathy and Orofacial Dyskinesias

Journal Title: BMH Medical Journal - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 2

Abstract

Anti GAD65 antibodies have been implicated predominantly in limbic encephalitis in addition to systemic disorders like Type 1 diabetes mellitus. Here a patient presenting with seizures, behavior disturbances, memory and gait abnormalities and peculiar orofacial dyskinesias is reported, who was found to have high titre positivity of Anti-GAD 65 and excellent therapeutic response to steroids, suggesting that this could be an additional phenotype for the encephalopathy caused by this antibody.

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Mohan Leslie Noone

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Mohan Leslie Noone (2014). Anti GAD65 Encephalopathy Presenting with Reversible Encephalopathy and Orofacial Dyskinesias. BMH Medical Journal, 1(2), 33-36. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-327087