Anti-neuronal autoantibody in Hashimoto's encephalopathy: Neuropathological, immunohistochemical, and biochemical analysis of two patients

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-12

  Oide, Takashi ^a   Tokuda, Takahiko ^a   Yazaki, Masahide ^a   Watarai, Megumi ^a   Mitsuhashi, Shigeaki ^a   Kaneko, Kazuma ^a   Hashimoto, Takao ^a   Ohara, Shinji ^b   Ikeda, Shu Ichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Matsumoto Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Autoimmune; Hashimoto's encephalopathy; Thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SOLUBILITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0347480498     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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