Effects of prednisone and plasma exchange on cognitive impairment in Hashimoto encephalopathy

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 165-166

  Hussain, N S ^a,b   Rumbaugh, J ^a   Kerr, D ^a   Nath, A ^a   Hillis, A E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 11444262660     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000148580.98997.C5     Document Type: Article

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