Utility of an immunotherapy trial in evaluating patients with presumed autoimmune epilepsy

To evaluate a trial of immunotherapy as an aid to diagnosis in suspected autoimmune epilepsy.We reviewed the charts of 110 patients seen at our autoimmune neurology clinic with seizures as a chief complaint. Twenty-nine patients met the following inclusion criteria: (1) autoimmune epilepsy suspected based on the presence of ≥ 1 neural autoantibody (n = 23), personal or family history or physical stigmata of autoimmunity, and frequent or...