Hashimoto's encephalopathy presenting as an acute medical emergency

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 155-156

  Sommerfield, A J ^a   Stimson, R ^a   Campbell, I W ^a  

^a VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute; Emergency; Encephalopathy; Hashimoto's; Medical

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; INSULIN; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; STEROID; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EEG ABNORMALITY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEADACHE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 11344253036     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003693300404900414     Document Type: Article

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