Depression in Hashimoto's encephalopathy. Successful treatment of a severe depressive episode with a glucocorticoid as ad on-therapy;Depression bei Hashimoto-enzephalopathie. Erfolgreiche behandlung einer schweren depressiven episode mit einem kortikosteroid als add-on-therapie

Nervenarzt

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 617-622

  Laske, C ^a   Leyhe, T ^a   Buchkremer, G ^a   Wormstall, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Glucocorticoid therapy; Hashimoto's encephalopathy; Thyroid gland; TPO antibodies

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

ADD ON THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EEG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PREDNISOLONE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20044383444     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-004-1820-6     Document Type: Article

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