Autoimmune encephalopathy in Graves' disease: Remission after total thyroidectomy

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 698-699

  Gelosa, G ^a   DiFrancesco, J C ^a   Tremolizzo, L ^a   Lanzani, F ^a   Rota, S ^a   Colombo, M ^a   Perego, P ^a   Massimini, D ^a   Marzorati, L ^a   Curto N A ^a   Ferrarese, C ^a,b  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROPRANOLOL; THIAMAZOLE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GRAVES DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; STEROID RESPONSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; RECURRENCE; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 66149148720     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.152413     Document Type: Letter

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