Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of enrolled patients
Diagnosis | Multiple sclerosis | Neurosarcoidosis | Autoimmune encephalitis | Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | 33 | 22 | 19 | 8 |
Mean age in years (range; SD) | 47.8 (23–73; 11.8) | 54.7 (31–83; 15.0) | 56.2 (31–84; 16.7) | 30.6 (4–63; 17.8) |
Gender, females in % | 69.7 | 40.9 | 36.8 | 50.0 |
Additional clinical details | MS types: RRMS: n = 14 SPMS: n = 5 PPMS: n = 14 | Most frequent neurologic/radiologic syndromes: myelitis: n = 6 subcortical cerebral lesions: n = 6 hydrocephalus: n = 3 brainstem nerve palsy: n = 3 meningitis: n = 2 | Detected antibodies against: VGKC: n = 12 NMDAR: n = 5 GAD: n = 2 GABAB-R :n = 1 (1 patient had VGKC- and NMDAR-antibodies) | Neurologic syndromes in addition to encephalopathy: brainstem syndrome: n = 3 hemisyndrome due to cerebral lesions: n = 3 cerebellar syndrome: n = 1 myelitis: n = 1 |