Epileptic encephalopathy: immune mediated types

Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .

Epileptic encephalopathy: immune mediated types. Rasmussen’s encephalitis, West syndrome. Fully referenced neurology checklist.

Types of immune mediated epilepsies

  • Rasmussen’s encephalitis
  • West syndrome
  • Landau Kleffner syndrome (LKS)
  • Continuous spike waves during sleep
  • Batten disease
  • Autoimmune encephalitis
  • Paraneoplastic encephalitis
  • Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES)
  • Hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia syndrome (HHS)

References

  1. Granata T, Cross H, Theodore W, Avanzini G. Immune-mediated epilepsies. Epilepsia 2011; 52(suppl 3):5-11.
  2. Nabbout R. Autoimmune and inflammatory epilepsies. Epilepsia 2012; 53(Suppl 4):58–62.

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