Diagnostic Value of Structural and Functional Neuroimaging in Autoimmune Epilepsy

Joint Authors

Luo, Limei
Wei, Nian
Luo, Yuemei
Xu, Zucai
Yang, Fei
Wang, Jing

Source

Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging

Issue

Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-12, 12 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2020-12-14

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

12

Main Subjects

Diseases
Medicine

Abstract EN

Epilepsy is a common nervous system disease, which affects about 70 million people all over the world.

In 2017, the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) considered immune factors as its independent cause, and the concept of autoimmune epilepsy (AE) was widely accepted.

Early diagnosis and timely treatment can effectively improve the prognosis of the disease.

However, due to the diversity of clinical manifestations, the expensive cost of autoantibody detection, and the increased prevalence in Western China, the difficulty for clinicians in early diagnosis and treatment has increased.

Fortunately, convenient and fast imaging examinations are expected to help even more.

The imaging manifestations of AE patients were characteristic, especially the combined application of structural and functional neuroimaging, which improved the diagnostic value of imaging.

In this paper, several common autoantibodies associated with AE and their structure and function changes in neuroimaging were reviewed to provide help for neurologists to achieve the goal of precision medicine.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Luo, Limei& Wei, Nian& Wang, Jing& Luo, Yuemei& Yang, Fei& Xu, Zucai. 2020. Diagnostic Value of Structural and Functional Neuroimaging in Autoimmune Epilepsy. Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1139281

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Luo, Limei…[et al.]. Diagnostic Value of Structural and Functional Neuroimaging in Autoimmune Epilepsy. Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1139281

American Medical Association (AMA)

Luo, Limei& Wei, Nian& Wang, Jing& Luo, Yuemei& Yang, Fei& Xu, Zucai. Diagnostic Value of Structural and Functional Neuroimaging in Autoimmune Epilepsy. Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1139281

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1139281