Hashimoto encephalopathy: Clinical and MRI improvement following high-dose corticosteroid therapy

Neurologist

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 394-396

  Chang, Thashi ^a,b   Riffsy, M T M ^a   Gunaratne, Padma S ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

corticosteroid therapy; Hashimoto encephalopathy; Hashimoto thyroiditis; magnetic resonance imaging; thyroid antibodies

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEMYELINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; WHITE MATTER;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650813184     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181d6b6f6     Document Type: Article

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