Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with Hashimoto thyroiditis

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 891-893

  Zimmermann, Petra ^a   Stranzinger, Enno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular event; Child; Enchephalopathy; Hashimoto thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; THYROID HORMONE;

ANTIBODY TITER; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; THALAMUS; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864407102     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-011-2309-7     Document Type: Article

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