Thyroid-related neurological disorders and complications in children

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 373-382

  Nandi Munshi, Debika ^a   Taplin, Craig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Graves' disease; Hashimoto disease; Hashimoto encephalopathy; hypothyroidism; myopathy; neuropathy; thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL HYPOTHYROXINEMIA; MOTOR COORDINATION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOPATHY; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PERIODIC PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS; THYROTOXIC MYOPATHY; THYROTOXIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD; HUMANS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 84930479234     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.12.005     Document Type: Review

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