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Psychiatrists weigh screening psychosis patients for antibodies that attack the brain
Cambridge psychiatrist Peter Jones saw a patient's hallucinations resist antipsychotics and then fade after plasma exchange for autoimmune encephalitis. The case supports antibody tests in some psychosis, but the evidence for wider screening is still one case and a 12-patient series.
Publishers:scientificamerican.com
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