Hashimoto's encephalopathy: Response to plasma exchange

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-247

  Nagpal, Tarun ^a,b   Pande, Sanjay ^a  

^a NSCB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Hashimoto's encephalopathy; Myoclonus; Plasma exchange

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HASHIMOTO ENCEPALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BRAIN DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA EXCHANGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4344660057     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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