Affiliation:
1. North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, Ministry of Health of Russia
Abstract
Autoimmune encephalitis with antibodies against NMDA receptor (anti-NMDA encephalitis) is a relatively newly described disease that occupies a leading position among encephalitis of various etiologies. The article presents diagnostic criteria for this disease and describes a case of an atypical course of confirmed anti-NMDA encephalitis. The peculiarities of this observation are the relatively mild course of the disease with the development of generalized seizures, mental and cognitive disorders at the onset of the disease. The difficulties in diagnosis and possible pathogenetic aspects of the disease are discussed.