The majority of studies in the pediatric literature have focused on studying autoimmune encephalitis with known antibodies against cell surface (e.g., GABA(B)R‐ab, AMPA, and glycine receptors) or synaptic proteins (e.g., GAD, LGI1 and CASPR2); an example is anti‐N‐methyl‐d‐aspartate receptor (anti‐NMDAR) encephalitis, the most frequently described pediatric autoimmune encephalitis (AE), in which the antibodies target the NR1 subunit of the receptor.9 The gene discussed is LGI1; the disease is viral encephalitis.