Chronic Autoimmune Meningoencephalitis and Periodic Fever Syndrome Treated with Anakinra

We report the case of a 63-year-old male diagnosed with chronic autoimmune mediated meningoencephalitis and periodic cyclical fever syndrome. After 2 years of failed conventional treatment and recurrent hospitalizations, anakinra treatment (an interleukin-1 [IL-1] receptor antagonist) was trialed wh...

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Main Authors: Alyssa-Rae Novroski, Kelly J. Baldwin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2017-05-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/472147