Clinical characteristics and outcome of patients with autoimmune encephalitis: clues for paraneoplastic aetiology

Background and purpose Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) represents a complex syndrome with diverse clinical manifestations and therapeutic outcomes. The aim of this study was to report the clinical characteristics and the long‐term outcome of patients with paraneoplastic and idiopathic AE. Methods All patients with subacute encephalopathy admitted to the Neurology Department of our Institution from January 2012 to May 2019 were consecutively...