Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome in Hashimoto's encephalopathy: A case report

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 550-554

  Kato, Yuji ^a   Nakazato, Yoshihiko ^a   Ito, Yasuo ^a   Tomioka, Ryo ^a   Tamura, Naotoshi ^a   Shimazu, Kunio ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune; Hashimoto's disease; Hashimoto's encephalopathy; Limbic encephalopathy; Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ENOLASE; STEROID; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33845337588     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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