A patient with Hashimoto's encephalopathy showing subacute global cognitive dysfunction

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 360-362

  Hatano, Yasuko ^a   Mori, Hideo ^a   Kakusaka, Kaoru ^a   Kitada, Toru ^a   Urabe, Takao ^a   Mizuno, Yoshikuni ^a  

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Author keywords

Cognitive dysfunction; Corticosteroid; Hashimoto's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISORIENTATION; DROWSINESS; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0042821579     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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