Hashimoto encephalopathy: A case report with proton MR spectroscopic findings

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 3420-3422

  Su, Tian Hao ^a   Jin, Er Hu ^a   He, Wen ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Hashimoto encephalopathy; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INOSITOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOSIS; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SLOW BRAIN WAVE;

BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 80054851409     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2011.20.039     Document Type: Article

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