EEG changes in a patient with steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with antibodies to thyroperoxidase (SREAT, Hashimoto's encephalopathy)

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 371-373

  Rodriguez, Alcibiades J ^a,b   Jicha, Gregory A ^a   Steeves, Thomas D L ^a   Benarroch, Eduardo E ^a   Westmoreland, Barbara F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; EEG; SREAT (Hashimoto's encephalopathy); Steroids; Thyroperoxidase

Indexed keywords

STEROID; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE CONFUSION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APHASIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; STEROID RESPONSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIBODY TO THYROPEROXIDASE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIBODIES; BRAIN DISEASES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MIDDLE AGED; STEROIDS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746791028     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnp.0000214542.21735.49     Document Type: Conference Paper

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