Clinical characteristics of cognitive impairment and one year outcome in patients with anti-LGI1 antibody encephalitis

Conclusion: Cognitive impairment is one of the most common manifestations of anti-LGI1 encephalitis, with the main prominent being acute or subacute short-term memory loss.Although most patients with anti-LGI1encephalitis respond well to immunotherapy, a small number of patients still have cognitive disorders, mainly recent memory impairment, after one year.
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - Category: Neurology Source Type: research