Hashimoto encephalopathy causing drug-resistant status epilepticus treated with plasmapheresis

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 132-135

  Bektas, Ömer ^a   Ylmaz, Arzu ^a   Kendirli, Tanl ^a   Sklar, Zeynep ^a   Deda, Gülhis ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; MIDAZOLAM; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; VALPROIC ACID;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMA; ECHOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAMILY HISTORY; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856083782     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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