Encephalopathy associated with Hashimoto thyroiditis: Pediatric perspective

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-5

  Watemberg, Nathan ^a   Greenstein, Dalia ^a   Levine, Arie ^a,b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ENOLASE; AUTOANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUNARIZINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MEPREDNISONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEMIPLEGIA; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID FUNCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SEIZURES;

EID: 33646895135     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738060210010201     Document Type: Review

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