Graves' disease presenting with catatonia: A probable case of encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroid disease

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 374-379

  Bharadwaj, Balaji ^a   Sugaparaneetharan, Ayyanar ^a   Rajkumar, Ravi P ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

catatonia; electroencephalogram; encephalopathy; neuroimaging; psychoneuroimmunology

Indexed keywords

CARBIMAZOLE; CORTICOSTEROID; LIOTHYRONINE; LORAZEPAM; PROPRANOLOL; RISPERIDONE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CATATONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIRIUM; DELTA RHYTHM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL HISTORY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

EID: 84868692456     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2012.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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