Prevalence of Neural Autoantibodies in Epilepsy of Unknown Etiology: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Pablo Cabezudo-GarciaNatalia Mena VázquezNicolás Lundahl Ciano-PetersenGuillermina Garcia-MartinGuillermo Estivill TorrúsPedro Jesús Serrano-CastroPublished in: Brain sciences (2021)
The pooled prevalence of neural autoantibodies in patients with epilepsy of unknown etiology is small but not irrelevant. None of the controls had a positive result. There was high heterogeneity among studies. In the future, a homogeneous protocol for testing neural autoantibodies is recommended.