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1 Study Supplementary information S1 (table) : Additional data of studies examining patients with anti- LGI1 antibodies Number of patients Male Age median (range) in years Tumour Tumour type Relapses Irani et al. 55* 67% 0% Lai et al % 60 (30 80) 11% Thyroid (n= 2), lung, renal, ovarian, thymoma 6 of 33 (18%) Median follow- up 1.5 years Irani et al. 29 Ϯ 66% 64 (36 83) 0% Paterson et al. 8 63% 65 (18 86) Olberg et al % 64 (53 74) 20% Lip; thyroid Irani et al % 68 (29 92) 4 of 10 (40%) Median follow- up 1.5 years Shin et al % 61 (41 78) 7% Renal 2 of 4 (50%) Follow- up 1 month to 2 years Rocamora et 3 67% 39 (35 52) al Irani et al. 5 20% 65 (48 73) Malter et al % 55 (32 67) 0% 0 of 9 (0%) Median follow- up 2 years Flanagan et al % % Prostate (n =2) (37 78) Steriade et al. 9 56% 54 (15 80) 0% Gao et al % 51.5 (27 75) 0% 3 of 10 (30%) Follow- up 2 30 months Li et al % Mean 58 (34 78) 10% Lung 0 of 9 (0%) Mean follow- up 10.2 months

2 Van Sonderen et al % 64 (31 84) 11% Neuroendocrine pancreas tumour, thymoma, mesothelioma, rectum carcinoma in situ Arino et al % Mean 61 7% Prostate, gastric neuroendocrine (32 80) tumour, colon carcinoma Finke et al % Mean 66 10% Neuroendocrine tumour jejunum, breast cancer, oesophageal adenocarcinoma *8 patients overlap., not provided. 6 of 17 (35%) Median follow- up 42 months 13 of 48 (27%) Median follow- up 39 months

3 S2 (table) : Additional data of studies examining patients with anti- Caspr2 antibodies Study No. of Male Age median Tumour Tumour type Relapses patients (range) in years Irani et al % 32%* Thymoma (n = 5), endometrial adenocarcinoma Lancaster et al. 8 88% 60.5 (46 77) 0% Malter et al % 47 (38 69) 0% 0 of 3 (0%) follow- up months Sunwoo et al % 43.5 (8 65) Joubert et al. 18* 94% 64.5 (53 75) 17% Prostate adenocarcinoma plus chronic lymphoid leukaemia, thyroid cancer (n = 2) Van Sonderen et 38 89% 66 (25 77) 19% al Thymoma (n = 4), lung adenocarcinoma (n = 2, one without biopsy), carcinoma in situ of sigmoid 6 of 16 (38%) follow- up months 7 of 28 (25% ) follow- up 1 14 years Bien et al % 63 (33 75) 10% * 33 patients were included, but only in only 18 detailed clinical details could be extracted, 62 patients were included; only 27 of 62 were described in detail; two had no IgG antibodies; five no cerebrospinal fluid tested or confirmatory testing., not provided.

4 S3 (table) : Patients with Caspr2 antibodies identified in cohort screening (no extensive clinical description provided) Study Cohort Caspr2- positive patients Antibodies confirmed* Male Age median (range) in years Suleiman et al. Pediatric new- onset epilepsy n =3 No 67% 7 (0.5 10) (n = 114) Ekizoglu et al. Patients with focal epilepsy n = 4 No 25% 37 (35 40) (n = 81) Baysal- Kirac et Patients with autonomic seizures n = 5 Yes, 4/5 confirmed 20% 30 (15 36) al (n = 58) Vanli- Yavuz et al. Patients with epilepsy and hippocampal sclerosis n = 11 No 18% 17 (0 49) (n = 111) Wright et al Pediatric epilepsy (n = 178) n = 4 Yes, 2/4 confirmed 100% 9.7 ( ) *Antibody confirmation with addition laboratory techniques or cerebrospinal fluid analysis. Commercial cell- based assay followed by in- house cell- based assay and immunohistochemistry. In- house cell- based assay followed by staining with live hippocampal neurons.

5 S4 (table) : VGKC antibody- positive patients without LGI1 and Caspr2 antibodies; identified in cohort screening (no extensive clinical description provided) Study Cohort VGKC positive patients (LGI1 and Caspr2 neg) Male Age median (range) in years Suleiman et al Pediatric new- onset epilepsy n = 4 75% 3 ( ) (n= 114) Brenner et al Epilepsy n = 19 63% (n = 416) Hacohen et al. Pediatric autoimmune encephalopathy n = (6 15) * (n = 48) Hacohen et al Pediatric acute demyelinating disorder n = 3 67% 9 (6 14) (n = 65) Baysal Kirac et al. Patients with autonomic seizures n = 3 67% 26 (24 57) (n = 58) Vanli Yavuz et al. Patients with epilepsy and hippocampal sclerosis n = 4 50% 6 (0 13) (n = 111) Borusiak et al Pediatric focal epilepsy n = 3 33% 5 (2 6) (n = 124) Wright et al Pediatric epilepsy n = 3 33% 4 ( ) (n = 178) Hacohen et al., Pediatric brainstem encephalitis (n = 57) n = 3 *Overlap with Hacohen et al, Neurology 2015., not provided.

6 Study S5 (table) : VGKC- positive patients, analyzed (predominantly) irrespective of LGI1 and Caspr2 antibody result Additional inclusion criteria No. of patients Antibody classification Male Age median (range) in years Syndrome VGKC median titre in pm (range) Haberlandt et Pediatric LE 4 25% 14 (3 16) LE 180 al ( ) Dhamija et al. Pediatric 12 33% (8 mo 14 y) Cornelius et al NA 15 60% 56 (17 80) 33% LE 27% MoS Somers et al. NA % 59 (2 87) 44% neuropsychiatric symptoms Jaben et al. PE 5 40% 59 (46 76) 80% LE % NMT Irani et al. MoS 29 6/27 Caspr2 93% 57 (19 80) MoS (38% (23 VGKC 3/27 LGI1 thymoma) positive) 15/27 LGI1+Caspr2 Klein et al. NA /316 LGI /316 Caspr2 Lilleker et al. Seizures & Titer>400pM 6 1/6 LGI1 1/6 Caspr2 Diverse Pain in 50% 83% Mean 52.5 (27 77) Treatment effect Diverse 7/7 (100%) minor/major improvement * 1,510 (90 4,860) 150 (30 14,500) Follow- up and outcome 1/4 (25%) recovered, 1/4 (25%) died 9/11 (82%) improved 11/21 (52%) improved * ( ) 3/5 (60%) improved 17/27 improved (63%) 13/16 (81%) pain reduction * Seizures ( ) 6/6 (100%) improved 31% died LE 7 1/7 LGI1 Baumgartner et 71% 61 (26 71) LE al /7 Caspr2 Frisch et al LE 15 53% 57 (38 73) LE Majority improved

7 Sarkis et al. LE 4 75% 59 (29 80) LE Liewluck et al. CFS 9 2/7 LGI1 89% 45 (12 62) CFS 3/4 (75%) /7 Caspr2 improved * Kotsenas et al Seizures 42 22/32 LGI1 3/32 Caspr2 52% 56 (8 79) Seizures Huda et al. NA 57 3/19 LGI /19 Caspr2 56% 59 (25 77) 21% LE 37% PNH 2% MoS 40% Other 61% Mean 58 (19 86) 251 ( ) 20/23 (87%) improved * LE 36 16/36 LGI1 LE 16 5/16 LGI1 Urbach et al. LE /36 Caspr2 Wagner et al. 63% 55 (19 72) LE 1, /16 Caspr2 (427 7,655) O Sullivan et al. NA 62 Diverse *Many patients remained untreated; selection bias. Three patients also described in Irani et al, Brain Klein JAMA Neurol 2013 excluded due to substantial overlap in patients with Klein Neurology CFS, cramp fasciculation syndrome; LE, limbic encephalitis; MoS, Morvan s syndrome; NA, not applicable; NMT, neuromyotonia;, not provided; PE, plasma exchange; PNH, peripheral nerve hyperexcitability syndrome.

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