The Mayo Clinic institutional review board (14-008716) approved this study. The figure demonstrates an outline of the patients.
Ab = antibody; AMPA-R = amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid receptor; ANA = antinuclear antibody; CBA = cell-based assay; CSFs = CSF specimens; EBV = Epstein-Barr virus; GABAB-R = γ-aminobutyric acid type B receptor; GPC = gastric parietal cell; HHV-6 = human herpes virus 6; HSV = herpes simplex virus; IFA = immunofluorescence assay; IgG = immunoglobulin G; NMDA-R = NMDA receptor; PCR = polymerase chain reaction; SMA = smooth muscle antibody; UNA = uncharacterized neural antibody.
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