Research Article

Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Neurological Adverse Events during Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy

Table 3

Results of serum-antibody measurements.

N-irAEs groupDD group

ANA3/20 (15%)0/11 (0%)
Antineuronal antibodies1/13 (8%)0/4 (0%)
Myositis antibodies0/8 (0%)0/2 (0%)
Myasthenic antibodies4/10 (40%)0/1 (0%)
Autoimmune encephalitis antibodies1/11 (9%)0/4 (0%)
Others3/20 (15%)1/11 (9%)

Numbers indicate positive patients/all patients tested. Ab: antibodies; ANA: antineuronal antibodies; DD: differential diagnosis; N-irAEs: neurological adverse events. Others: GM-1-antibody (n = 1), Jo-1-antibody (n = 1), Ro-antibody (n = 2).