Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Incidence of Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis.
Samir AlsalekKathryn B SchwarzmannSakar BudhathokiViridiana Hernandez-LopezJessica B SmithBonnie H LiAnnette M Langer-GouldPublished in: Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation (2024)
Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis disproportionately affected Black, Hispanic, or Asian/Pacific Island persons. Ovarian teratomas were a particularly common trigger in Black female individuals. Future research should seek to identify environmental and biological risk factors that disproportionately affect minoritized individuals residing in the United States.