High albumin level is a predictor of favorable response to immunotherapy in autoimmune encephalitis

Abstract There is no known biomarker that predicts the response to immune therapy in autoimmune synaptic encephalitis. Thus, we investigated serum albumin as a prognostic biomarker of early immune therapies in patients with autoimmune encephalitis. We enrolled patients who were diagnosed with defini...

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Main Authors: Yoonhyuk Jang, Soon-Tae Lee, Tae-Joon Kim, Jin-Sun Jun, Jangsup Moon, Keun-Hwa Jung, Kyung-Il Park, Kon Chu, Sang Kun Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19490-z