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When the immune system attacks the brain: recognizing and treating a life-threatening condition

Brain inflammation — known medically as encephalitis — remains one of medicine's most dangerous neurological emergencies. In a new invited Seminar published in The Lancet, Sarosh Irani, B.M., B.Ch., D.Phil.,, a Mayo Clinic neurologist and neuroimmunologist, outlines the latest advances in recognizing and treating both infectious and autoimmune forms of this serious condition.

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