GAD1 and viral encephalitis: However, this type of encephalitis rarely leads to status epilepticus.19After a thorough evaluation, these patients were diagnosed with definite autoimmune limbic encephalitis, a pattern known to be related to anti-GAD-and anti-VGKC complex autoantibodies.19, 20Another two patients were diagnosed with definite autoimmune limbic encephalitis without the identification of autoantibodies.