Editorial: Emerging Challenges in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Autoimmune Encephalitis

Morten Blaabjerg^{1

2}, Thomas Seifert-Held³, Johann Sellner^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
² Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
³ Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Christian Doppler Medical Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany.

Editorial

Morten Blaabjerg et al. Front Neurol. 2019.

. 2019 Feb 25:10:146.

doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00146. eCollection 2019.

Morten Blaabjerg^{1

2}, Thomas Seifert-Held³, Johann Sellner^{4

5}

¹ Department of Neurology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
² Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
³ Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Christian Doppler Medical Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany.

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Keywords: autoimmune; challenges; diagnosis; encephalitis; outcome; therapy.

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Editorial on the Research Topic Emerging Challenges in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Autoimmune Encephalitis

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