Hashimoto's myoclonic encephalopathy: An underdiagnosed treatable condition?

Movement Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 555-562

  Ghika Schmid, F ^a   Ghika, J ^a   Regli, F ^a   Dworak, N ^a   Bogousslavsky, J ^a   Stadler C ^a   Portmann, L ^a   Despland, P A ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hashimoto's myoclonic encephalopathy; Subacute diffuse encephalopathy; Thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; STEROID; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

AGED; AMNESIA; ANTIBODY TITER; APATHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONFUSION; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HASHIMOTO MYOCLONIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0029814695     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870110511     Document Type: Article

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