Atypical neuropsychiatric symptoms revealing Hashimoto's encephalopathy [5]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1144-1146

  Hommet, Caroline ^a   Mondon, Karl ^a   Huc, Melina ^a   Jeffredo, Sophie ^a   Constans, Thierry ^b   De Toffol, Bertrand ^b   Camus, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIAZEPAM; FLUINDOSTATIN; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NORDAZEPAM; PREDNISOLONE; RISPERIDONE; VALPROIC ACID; ZOLPIDEM;

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOSIS;

AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDNISOLONE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 34347372020     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01219.x     Document Type: Letter

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