Hashimoto's encephalopathy: Four cases and review of literature

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 302-306

  Gul Mert, Gülen ^a   Horoz, Ozden Ozgur ^a   Herguner, M Ozlem ^a   Incecik, Faruk ^a   Yildizdas, R Dincer ^a   Onenli Mungan, Neslihan ^a   Yuksel, Bilgin ^a   Altunbasak, Sakir ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Hashimoto's encephalopathy; Seizure

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOSTEROID; ELECTROLYTE; ETIRACETAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTIC ACID; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTRIX; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PESTICIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; TOPIRAMATE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UREA; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ALERTNESS; ARM; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CONFUSION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUCTUATING ENCEPHALOPATHY; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GOITER; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SEIZURE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROIDITIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAL SIGN; WEAKNESS; BRAIN DISEASES; HASHIMOTO DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS;

EID: 84895744985     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2013.836706     Document Type: Review

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