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Anti-α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor encephalitis is an anti-neuronal surface antigen autoimmune encephalitis and is relatively rare. Our study evaluated a patient who developed anti-AMPA2 receptor encephalitis with memory deficits and refractory focal seizures as paroxysmal jerking on right face as well as dystonic seizure on right hand. On this patient, the combination treatment of levetiracetam, carbamazepine, and clonazepam, monthly periodic intravenous immunoglobin and immunosuppressive therapies for 5 months was not effective for the focal seizures, while his memory loss was slightly improved. However, adjunctive perampanel treatment led to a rapid relief of seizures. Perampanel is suggested in seizures associated with anti-AMPA receptor encephalitis by directly attenuating nerve hyperexcitability caused by glutamate and Ca2+-permeable GluA4 subunit of AMPA receptors.
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Wang, T., Wen, B., Chi, Z. et al. The well responsiveness of drug-resistant focal seizures in anti-AMPA2 receptor encephalitis to perampanel treatment. Neurol Sci 43, 525–532 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-021-05306-y
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