Limbic encephalitis

Summary

Limbic encephalitis (MONDO:0015588) is a disease (an umbrella term covering 6 Mondo subtypes) and 1 clinical trial. A subtype of encephalitis — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).

At a glance

• Umbrella term: 6 Mondo subtypes
• Clinical trials: 1

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	limbic encephalitis
Mondo ID	MONDO:0015588
MeSH	D020363
Orphanet	163892
DOID	DOID:0080741
SNOMED CT	230192003
UMLS	C0338430
MedGen	137895
GARD	0008742
Is cancer (heuristic)	no

Disease family

This is a subtype of encephalitis. Genetic, therapeutic, and trial evidence is largely curated at the broader-term level — see the parent page for the associated-gene cohort and molecular evidence.

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by body system or component › nervous system disorder › central nervous system disorder › encephalomyelitis › encephalitis › limbic encephalitis

Related subtypes (6): post-vaccinal encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, infectious encephalitis, autoimmune encephalitis, anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, paraneoplastic isolated brainstem encephalitis

Subtypes (6): paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis, posttransplant acute limbic encephalitis, non-herpetic acute limbic encephalitis, limbic encephalitis with caspr2 antibodies, limbic encephalitis with DPP6 antibodies, autoimmune limbic encephalitis

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.

Genes & proteins

No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).

Function

No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.

Therapeutics

No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 1.

Phase distribution (across all retrieved trials)

Phase	Trials
PHASE2	1

Top trials by phase / activity

NCT	Phase	Status	Title
NCT01545518	PHASE2	TERMINATED	IVIG Treatment for Refractory Immune-Related Adult Epilepsy