Psychiatric presentation of Hashimoto's encephalopathy

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 200-201

  Arrojo, Manuel ^a   Perez Rodriguez, Maria M ^b   Mota, Márcia ^a   Moreira, Ricardo ^a   Azevedo, Ana ^a   Oliveira, Ana ^a   Abreu, Pedro ^a   Marques, Paula ^a   Silva, Alzira ^a   Pereira, Jorge G ^a   Palha, A Pacheco ^a   Baca Garcia, Enrique ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Hashimoto's disease; Psychiatric symptoms; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; STEROIDS;

EID: 33847753068     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31803174c0     Document Type: Article

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