Autoimmune brain disease: Think before testing

[摘要] As a rheumatologist, I have the opportunity to see many patients in consultation for the evaluation of complex and often difficult-to-define symptoms. The buzzword referral diagnosis is frequently “autoimmune.” In 2021, autoimmune is seemingly the evil humor or miasma of centuries past revisited, with the added distinction that there are laboratory tests that can be ordered that, if positive, seem to provide superficial evidence for the validity of this diagnosis.

[学科分类] 卫生学