Clinical presentations and treatment outcomes of Hashimoto encephalopathy at Siriraj Hospital - Thailand's largest national tertiary referral center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hashimoto encephalopathy has multiple clinical presentations, and other than the presence of thyroid antibody, laboratory and imaging investigations are all non-specific. Data specific to the clinical presentations and treatment outcomes of patients with Hashimoto encephalopathy in Thailand remain scarce.

Objectives

To retrospectively investigate the clinical presentations and treatment outcomes of patients with Hashimoto encephalopathy at Siriraj Hospital.

Methods

Patients who presented with acute encephalopathy at our center during July 2012-March 2017 were evaluated for eligibility. The inclusion criteria were positive anti-thyroperoxidase (anti-TPO) or anti-thyroglobulin (anti-Tg) in serum with negative neuronal antibody in serum or cerebral spinal flui

SUBMITTER: Dumrikarnlert C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10514970 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature