Clinical manifestations and treatment response of steroid in pediatric hashimoto encephalopathy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 938-942

  Yu, Hee Joon ^a   Lee, Jeehun ^a   Seo, Dae Won ^a   Lee, Munhyang ^a  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hashimoto encephalopathy; Plasmapheresis; Steroid; Steroid resistant Hashimoto encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; PENTOBARBITAL; PREDNISOLONE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY; STEROID; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETREATMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SLEEP DISORDER; SPIKE WAVE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; WAKEFULNESS; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEROIDS; THYROGLOBULIN;

EID: 84903539220     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073813499823     Document Type: Article

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