Manic symptoms associated with hashimoto's encephalopathy: Response to corticosteroid treatment

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lin, Shuai Ting ^a,b   Chen, Cheng Sheng ^b,c,d   Yang, Pinchen ^b,c   Chen, Cheng Chung ^a,b,c  

^a Kaohsiung Kai Suan Psychiatric Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLANZAPINE; PREDNISOLONE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; DISTRACTIBILITY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRRITABILITY; LETTER; MANIA; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054929873     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: 15457222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.23.1.E20     Document Type: Letter

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