Recurrent encephalopathy and generalised seizures associated with relapses of thyrotoxicosis

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 621-622

  Li Voon Chong, J S W ^a   Leckt, B R F ^a   Macfarlane, I A ^a  

^a ROYAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IODINE 131; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RELAPSE; THYROTOXICOSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 0033667861     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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