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Review
. 2011 Winter;23(1):90-7.
doi: 10.1176/jnp.23.1.jnp90.

The emerging link between autoimmune disorders and neuropsychiatric disease

Matthew S Kayser  1 , Josep Dalmau
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Review

The emerging link between autoimmune disorders and neuropsychiatric disease

Matthew S Kayser et al. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2011 Winter.

Abstract

Abnormal autoimmune activity has been implicated in a number of neuropsychiatric disorders. In this review, the authors discuss a newly recognized class of synaptic autoimmune encephalitides as well as behavioral and cognitive manifestations of systemic autoimmune diseases.

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