Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis presenting with diffusion MR imaging changes

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1550-1551

  Grommes, C ^a   Griffin, C ^a   Downes, K A ^a   Lerner, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELIRIUM; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STEROID RESPONSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51649085850     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1113     Document Type: Article

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