Hashimoto's encephalopathy mimicking Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Brain biopsy findings [6]

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 601-602

  Doherty, C P ^a   Schlossmacher, M ^a   Torres, N ^a   Bromfield, E ^a   Samuels, M A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN 14 3 3; STEROID; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MICROGLIA; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; STEROID THERAPY;

BIOPSY; BRAIN; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 0036829497     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.73.5.601     Document Type: Letter

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