“…We agree that there are similarities between our case and recently reported cases of encephalitis with GABA-A receptor antibodies (Petit-Pedrol et al, 2014;Ohkawa et al, 2014). Notably, the MRI findings of extensive multifocal abnormalities on FLAIR and T2 imaging, with cortical and subcortical involvement without contrast enhancement (Petit-Pedrol et al, 2014; figure 4 [Index Patient 1]), are strikingly similar to those of our patient (Kojima et al, 2014). Petit-Pedro et al divides the patients into two groups:…”