The relevance of electroencephalogram as a follow-up test in Hashimoto encephalopathy course after corticosteroids therapy

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 409-411

  Pedroso, José Luiz ^a,b   Knobel, Marcos ^b   Barsottini, Orlando G ^a,b   Caboclo, Luis Otávio ^a,b   Knobel, Elias ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

AGED; ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISORIENTATION; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 84870606161     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: 22402993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13760-012-0089-y     Document Type: Letter

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