How can advocacy efforts address the need for better insurance coverage and financial assistance for individuals with autoimmune encephalitis?

Autoimmune encephalitis associated to antibodies against the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor: Report of two cases. Biomédica [online]. 2017, vol.37, suppl.1 ... An autoimmune condition in which patient's immune system makes antibodies that attack different brain proteins, causing a spectrum of symptoms. Oct 20, 2020 ... Autoimmune encephalitis: When your body attacks your brain, and people think you're going mad ... It's described as feeling like your brain is on ... A major role of our immune system is to recognize and eliminate infections. But sometimes parts of the immune system may instead react with proteins of our own ... For the next Psychiatry Grand Rounds, to be held from 12:10 to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 15, Susan Scarberry, M.D., and Jennifer Brady, D.O., ... Jan 7, 2025 ... BackgroundThe role of imaging in autoimmune encephalitis (AIE) remains unclear, and there are limited data on the utility of magnetic ... To facilitate prompt immunotherapy, new diagnostic criteria for autoimmune encephalitis highlight the importance of clinical recognition.3 Movement ... Jun 1, 2017 ... Autoimmune encephalitis is a relatively new category of immune-mediated disease involving the central nervous system that demonstrates a widely variable ... This assembly is an all-day event focusing on pediatric and adult autoimmune encephalitis (AE) for clinicians, caregivers, and the survivors impacted. The project is funded by the NHMRC Medical Research Future Fund to conduct a retrospective and prospective trial of patients with autoimmune encephalitis.