Autoimmune thyroiditis and a rapidly progressive dementia: Global hypoperfusion on SPECT scanning suggests a possible mechanism

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 623-626

  Forchetti, Concetta M ^a,b   Katsamakis, George ^a   Garron, David C ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030765805     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.2.623     Document Type: Article

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