A case of Hashimoto's encephalopathy: Association with sensory ganglionopathy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 238, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 105-107

  Cao, Nancy J ^a   Tselis, Alexandros C ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Gorman, Mark ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Hashimoto's encephalopathy; Sensory neuronopathy; Steroid responsive encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LEVOTHYROXINE; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SENSORY GANGLIONOPATHY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SYMPTOM; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GANGLIA, SENSORY; HALLUCINATIONS; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDNISONE;

EID: 27644521196     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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