Steroid responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT) presenting as major depression
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Steroid responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT) presenting as major depression
BACKGROUND Hashimoto's encephalopathy is a neuropsychiatric disease with symptoms of cognitive impairment, stroke-like episodes, seizures, and psychotic or affective symptoms associated with autoimmune thyroiditis and excellent steroid responsiveness; therefore, it is also called "steroid responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis" (SREAT). CASE PRESENTATION We present t...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Psychiatry
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0897-3