Neuropsychological Symptoms After Anterior Cerebral Artery Ischemic Stroke.

2020

GFAPα IgG-associated encephalitis upon daclizumab treatment of MS

2018

ObjectiveTo describe a case of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)α immunoglobulin G (IgG)-associated encephalitis in a patient referred to us with MS on daclizumab treatment and to summarize characteristics of 5 additional recent German MS cases of serious encephalitis along with a previously published American case of CNS vasculitis associated with daclizumab.MethodsEvaluation of cause, clinical symptoms, and treatment response.ResultsThe 6 patients included 4 women and 2 men. The median age at onset was 38 years (range 32–51 years). Clinical presentation was marked by progressing neuropsychologic and/or neurologic deficits. Additional drug rash with eosinophilia was seen in 3 patients…