Hashimoto Encephalopathy in a 15-Year-Old-Girl: EEG Findings and Follow-Up

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 301-304

  Muhle, Hiltrud ^a   van Baalen, Andreas ^a   Riepe, Felix G ^b   Rohr, Axel ^a   Stephani, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; LEVOTHYROXINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PSYCHOSIS; STEROID THERAPY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN EDEMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 69849092886     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.04.023     Document Type: Article

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