a slow but steady improvement. After a one-year follow-up there have been no recurrences, no tumours have appeared and the patient has gone back to her usual day-to-day activities. Even a significant temporal atrophy that developed at the beginning of the clinical picture has gradually been seen to resolve itself in neuroimaging studies performed as a control measure.
Conclusion.Encephalitis due to anti-NMDA antibodies is a disease that has only recently been characterised, but which, according to currently available data, is relatively frequent. Clinically well defined, suspicion of this condition will make it possible to reach a definitive diagnosis and to establish early treatment.
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