With the limitations imposed by the low number of cases, the main distinctive features of our pediatric literature cohort compared to the respective NSAS in adults included: absent/lower tumor association (exception made for anti-mGluR5 autoimmunity, and most evident in anti-amphiphysin autoimmunity); loss of female preponderance (AMPAR); relatively frequent association with preceding viral encephalitis (GABAAR, D2R). Here, DRD2 is linked to neoplasm.