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Which antibody tests other than nmda and vgkc do doctors check for autoimmune encephalitis?
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This is also a disorder of exclusion so the entire clinical picture is important. It has beennstated that serum NMDA can have false positives so performing the test on cerebral spinal fluid instead is preferable.
Answered 1/20/2022
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