Table 1.
Demographic and clinical data for antibody positive cases
Patient | Antibody, titre | Sex | Age | Illness duration at intake/assay (days) | Positive psychotic symptoms | Negative psychotic symptoms | Cognitive deficits | Time to recovery, time to relapse, (months) | Total follow up (months) |
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1. | NMDAR score 2 | M | 21 | 4 | Grandiose and paranoid delusions, delusions of control | Anergia, poor motivation | Verbal fluency | 6, n/a | 36 |
2. | NMDAR score 1 | M | 28 | 730 | Auditory verbal hallucinations. Paranoid delusions, delusions of control | No | No | Chronic | 36 |
3. | VGKC 1435 pM | F | 22 | 14 | Paranoid delusions, thought disorder | Poor self care and motivation, anergia | Working memory | 6, 12 | 12 |
4. | NMDAR score 1.5 | M | 19 | 88 | Auditory verbal hallucinations, thought disorder, paranoid grandiose delusions | Poor motivation, social withdrawal, incongruent affect | Recall and verbal fluency | 5 (partial), n/a | 7 |
Antibody negative Cameo cases n = 43 | n/a | M:F 4:1 | 22 (17–35) | 145 (2–270) | Auditory hallucinations, paranoid grandiose delusions | Social withdrawal | Not known | Chronic 23% | 36 |
Relapse 58% | |||||||||
No relapse 19% |