anti-CASPR2; anti-contactin-associated protein-like 2; anti-LG1

Etiology

• paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis due to lung cancer or thymoma

Laboratory

• contactin-associated protein 2 IgG in CSF
• contactin-associated protein 2 IgG in serum/plasma

More general terms

• autoantibody

Additional terms

• contactin-associated protein-like 2; cell recognition molecule Caspr2 (CNTNAP2, CASPR2, LG1, KIAA0868)