Hashimoto encephalopathy: a do-not-miss in the differential diagnosis of dementia

J Neurol. 2005 Oct;252(10):1285-7. doi: 10.1007/s00415-005-0832-x. Epub 2005 Jun 13.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / administration & dosage
  • Aged
  • Autoantibodies / analysis
  • Autoantibodies / immunology
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins / analysis
  • Dementia / diagnosis*
  • Dementia / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electroencephalography
  • Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / diagnosis
  • Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Frontal Lobe / pathology
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Hashimoto Disease / complications*
  • Hashimoto Disease / diagnosis*
  • Hashimoto Disease / drug therapy
  • Hashimoto Disease / immunology
  • Hashimoto Disease / pathology
  • Humans
  • Iodide Peroxidase / immunology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Microsomes / immunology
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Parietal Lobe / pathology
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Receptors, Thyrotropin / immunology
  • Thyroglobulin / immunology
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Autoantibodies
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Receptors, Thyrotropin
  • Thyroglobulin
  • Iodide Peroxidase
  • Prednisone