Fig. 1.

Patient selection flowchart. ICU intensive care unit, AE autoimmune encephalitis, CSF cerebrospinal fluid, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, NMDA-R N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor, IgG immunoglobulin G, VGKC voltage-gated potassium channel-complex, CV2/CRMP5 collapsin response mediator protein 5, AMPA-R α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor