Pearls & oy-sters: Hashimoto encephalopathy

Neurology. 2012 May 29;78(22):e134-7. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182582fd4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / administration & dosage*
  • Adult
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use*
  • Autoantibodies / isolation & purification*
  • Brain Diseases* / complications
  • Brain Diseases* / diagnosis
  • Brain Diseases* / drug therapy
  • Brain Diseases* / immunology
  • Brain Diseases* / physiopathology
  • Cognitive Dysfunction / immunology*
  • Cognitive Dysfunction / therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Early Diagnosis
  • Electroencephalography*
  • Encephalitis
  • Epilepsy, Generalized / drug therapy
  • Epilepsy, Generalized / immunology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Hashimoto Disease* / complications
  • Hashimoto Disease* / diagnosis
  • Hashimoto Disease* / drug therapy
  • Hashimoto Disease* / immunology
  • Hashimoto Disease* / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Methylprednisolone / administration & dosage
  • Plasmapheresis*
  • Prednisone / administration & dosage*
  • Rare Diseases* / complications
  • Rare Diseases* / diagnosis
  • Rare Diseases* / immunology
  • Rare Diseases* / physiopathology
  • Rare Diseases* / therapy
  • Seizures / drug therapy
  • Seizures / immunology*
  • Thyroid Gland / immunology*
  • Thyroid Gland / metabolism
  • Thyrotropin / blood
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Failure
  • Video Recording

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Anticonvulsants
  • Autoantibodies
  • Thyrotropin
  • Prednisone
  • Methylprednisolone

Supplementary concepts

  • Hashimoto's encephalitis