Long-term treatment of Hashimoto's encephalopathy

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-20

  Marshall, Gad A ^a   Doyle, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LEVOTHYROXINE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; STEROID; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ATAXIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PSYCHOSIS; RELAPSE; REMISSION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STEROID THERAPY; STROKE; TREMOR;

EID: 33244477894     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.18.1.14     Document Type: Review

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