Epilepsy in an elderly patient caused by Hashimoto's encephalopathy

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-340

  Leyhe, Thomas ^a,b   Morawetz, Carmen ^a   Zank, Meta ^a   Buchkremer, Gerhard ^a   Eschweiler, Gerhard W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Epilepsy in the elderly; Glucocorticoid treatment; Hashimoto's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; LAMOTRIGINE; METOPROLOL; PREDNISOLONE; TOPIRAMATE;

AGED; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN DISEASES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 35348933919     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2007.0112     Document Type: Review

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