Psychosis and EEG abnormalities as manifestations of Hashimoto encephalopathy

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 138-140

  Sporiš, Davor ^a   Habek, Mario ^a,b   Mubrin, Zdenko ^a   Poljaković, Zdravka ^a   Hajnšek, Sanja ^a   Bence Žigman, Zdenka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

EEG; Hashimoto encephalopathy; Psychosis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DELTA RHYTHM; EEG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 34250166503     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e31804c702e     Document Type: Article

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