Abstract:IntroductionPatients with encephalitis with antibodies to leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 (LGI1-Ab-E) are typically elderly males with a distinct phenotype, and ~90% carry the class II major histocompatibility (MHC) allele, DRB1*07:01. This allele is found in ~25% of healthy controls, suggesting other genetic and environmental disease factors operate in patients with LGI1-Ab-E. Yet, a previous genome-wide associa- tion study did not find variants attaining genome-wide significance outside the MHC region.Meth… Show more
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