Abstract
The Landau-Kleffner syndrome, the continuous spikes-waves during slow sleep syndrome and the benign epilepsy of childhood with rolandic spikes are rare childhood epilepsies with unknown etiology. Improvement in patients treated with immunoglobulin suggests an involvement of the immune system. We provide immunohistochemical evidence of autoantibodies against rat brain auditory cortex, brainstem and cerebellum, in children suffering with one or more of these syndromes. Only 1/14 patient was celiac.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 228-232 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Neuroimmunology |
Volume | 160 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2005 |
Keywords
- Anti-brain autoantibodies
- Autoimmunity
- Pediatric epilepsy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology
- Clinical Neurology
- Immunology and Allergy
- Neurology