Mixed Clinical Response After Total Thyroidectomy in Two Patients with Hashimoto?s Encephalopathy
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Mixed Clinical Response After Total Thyroidectomy in Two Patients with Hashimoto’s Encephalopathy
Hashimoto’s encephalopathy (HE) is a rare disorder first characterized by Brain et al. in 1966 [1]. With only a few hundred reported cases, its etiology is not entirely understood but is believed to be related to the autoimmune mechanism of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Generally, patients diagnosed with HE demonstrate a progressive encephalopathy in the setting of elevated antithyroid antibodies. T...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Thyroid Disorders & Therapy
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2167-7948
DOI: 10.4172/2167-7948.1000131