Early presentation of gait disturbance in a steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis [3]

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 601-

  Avila, A ^a   Serrado, A ^b   Reig, L ^b   Famades, A ^b   Maho, P ^a  

^a Hospital de L'Hospitalet   (Spain)

^b L'Hospitalet de Llobregat   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroiditis; Gait; Steroid responsive encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; STEROID; THYROXINE;

AGED; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LETTER; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STEROID RESPONSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE;

AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROXINE;

EID: 0142087698     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00667.x     Document Type: Letter

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