The primary clinical symptoms of the children with autoimmune GFAP-A included fever (22 cases), headache (15 cases), epileptiform abnormalities and seizures (15 cases), mental and behavioral abnormalities (18 cases), disorders of consciousness (19 cases), visual disturbances (8 cases), ataxia (four cases), paralysis (14 cases), and autonomic neuropathy (nine cases). The gene discussed is GFAP; the disease is cerebellar ataxia.