Synaptic autoimmunity: new insights into LGI1 antibody-mediated neuronal dysfunction.

This scientific commentary refers to ‘Distinctive binding properties of human monoclonal LGI1 autoantibodies determine pathogenic mechanisms’, by Ramberger et al. (doi:10.1093/brain/awaa104).

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