Reversible white matter lesions and antithyroid antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid in Hashimoto's encephalopathy: A case report

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 432-437

  Wakai, Masakazu ^a   Nishikage, Hirofumi ^a   Goshima, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a Kakegawa City General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antithyroid antibody; Hashimoto's disease; Hashimoto's encephalopathy; Leukoencephalopathy; MRI

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AUTOANTIBODY; CHLORIDE; GADOLINIUM; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN; THYROID ANTIBODY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SERUM RATIO; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISORIENTATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HAMILTON SCALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G INDEX; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; STEROID THERAPY; TRUNCAL ATAXIA; WHITE MATTER; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DRUG COMBINATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PATHOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ATAXIA; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCLONUS; PREDNISOLONE; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11144281396     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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