A case of Hashimoto's encephalopathy with diffuse white matter lesions on diffusion-weighted MRI

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 112-115

  Okamoto, Kensho ^a   Mori, Chiaki ^a   Kamogawa, Kenji ^a   Tominaga, Kayo ^b   Okuda, Bungo ^a  

^a EHIME PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Ehime Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Diffusion weighted images; Hashimoto's encephalopathy; Leukoencephalopathy; MRI

Indexed keywords

STEROID; THYROID ANTIBODY;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROID FUNCTION; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 34248645429     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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