Hashimoto's encephalopathy: Clinical, SPECT and neurophysiological data [4]

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 455-457

  Kalita, J ^a   Misra, U K ^a   Rathore, C ^a   Pradhan, P K ^a   Das, B K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FEVER; GAIT DISORDER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0037945119     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcg075     Document Type: Letter

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