Steroid-Responsive Epilepsia Partialis Continua with Anti-Thyroid Antibodies: A Spectrum of Hashimoto's Encephalopathy

Steroid-Responsive Epilepsia Partialis Continua with Anti-Thyroid Antibodies: A Spectrum of Hashimoto's Encephalopathy

Background: When a neuropsychiatric symptom due to encephalopathy develops in a patient with anti-thyroid antibodies, especially when the symptom is steroid-responsive, Hashimoto's encephalopathy (HE) needs to be included in the differential diagnosis of the patient. Although HE is an elusive d...

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Main Authors: Hiroki Masuda, Masahiro Mori, Shoichi Ito, Toshiyuki Yagishita, Satoshi Kuwabara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2014-05-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurology
Subjects:
Hashimoto’s encephalopathy
Vasculitis
Epilepsia partialis continua
Demyelination
MRI
Hashimoto’s disease
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/363178

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