Hashimoto Encephalopathy in a Preschool Girl

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-146

  Castro Gago, Manuel ^a   Gómez Lado, Carmen ^a   Maneiro Freire, Mercedes ^a   Eirís Puñal, Jesús ^a   Bravo Mata, Manuel ^a  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHILD; CHOREOATHETOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DYSAUTONOMIA; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 73649084078     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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