Hashimoto's myoclonic encephalopathy: An underdiagnosed treatable condition?

We report two patients with subacute diffuse encephalopathy characterized by confusion, myoclonic encephalopathy, and mild akineto‐rigid extrapyramidal signs in one case and by apathy, memory deficit, and partial complex seizures in the other. Hashimoto's thyroiditis with high titers of antithy...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Movement disorders 1996-09, Vol.11 (5), p.555-562
Hauptverfasser:	Ghika-Schmid, F., Ghika, J., Regli, F., Dworak, N., Bogousslavsky, J., Städler, C., Portmann, L., Despland, P. A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Anti-Inflammatory Agents - administration & dosage Anti-Inflammatory Agents - therapeutic use Anticonvulsants - administration & dosage Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Brain - physiopathology Clonazepam - administration & dosage Clonazepam - therapeutic use Cognition Disorders - diagnosis Electroencephalography Extrapyramidal Tracts - physiopathology Female Frontal Lobe - physiopathology Hashimoto's myoclonic encephalopathy Humans Medical sciences Methylprednisolone - administration & dosage Methylprednisolone - therapeutic use Myoclonus - drug therapy Myoclonus - physiopathology Nervous system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous Neurology Neuropsychological Tests Prednisone - administration & dosage Prednisone - therapeutic use Subacute diffuse encephalopathy Temporal Lobe - physiopathology Thyroiditis Thyroiditis, Autoimmune - diagnosis Thyroiditis, Autoimmune - drug therapy Thyroiditis, Autoimmune - physiopathology Thyrotropin - secretion
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