Acute psychiatric presentation of steroid-responsive encephalopathy: The underrecognized side of autoimmune thyroiditis

Rivista di Psichiatria

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-173

  Carlone, Cristiano ^a   Todini, Liliana ^a   Marini, Isabella ^a   Majorana, Michele ^a   Casciato, Sara ^a   Giallonardo, Anna Teresa ^a   Pallagrosi, Mauro ^a   Salviati, Massimo ^a   Biondi, Massimo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroiditis; Basedow graves disease; Brief psychiatric rating scale; Hashimoto encephalopathy; Steroid responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; MOOD STABILIZER; STEROID; THIAMAZOLE;

ADULT; AGITATION; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLUNTED AFFECT; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DETERIORATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HALLUCINATION; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MANIA; MOOD DISORDER; MOTOR RETARDATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; STEROID RESPONSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; SWALLOWING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THOUGHT DISORDER; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VOMITING; YAWNING;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 84878397668     PISSN: 00356484     EISSN: 20382502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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