Recurrent status epilepticus as the main feature of Hashimoto's encephalopathy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 328-330

  Ferlazzo, Edoardo ^a   Raffaele, Massimo ^a   Mazzù, Ilenia ^a   Pisani, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Hashimoto's encephalopathy; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIAZEPAM; LEVOTHYROXINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENOBARBITAL; THIOPENTAL; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENT DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 30844473716     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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