Autoimmune encephalitis Antiseizure medication Seizure freedom Long-term outcome 1. Introduction Epileptic seizures are a common symptom in the acute stage of autoimmune encephalitis (AE), conceptually these are regarded as acute-symptomatic seizures [1]. In a few cases only, beyond the acute phase ...
During the follow-up with a median time of 36.8 months (range from 18.7 to 104.6 months), the seizure relapse in off-medication patients (43.9%, 18/41) was higher than that in on-medication patients (21.4%, 9/42; P = 0.031). In the multivariate analysis model, independent predictors ...