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The Children’s Postinfectious Autoimmune Encephalopathy Center of Excellence at the UA Steele Children’s Research Center is the first in the Southwest to bring together clinical care, teaching, translational medicine and basic science research to cure a spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders that historically have been misdiagnosed or undiagnosed in children.

On a completely ordinary summer night four years ago, the Olson family settled in as they always did, following their usual bedtime routine.

A few hours later, their world changed forever as their daughter Libby – 7-years-old at the time and the second oldest of the four Olson children – woke the house in a panic, terrified of something she couldn’t explain.