title: [Hashimoto's encephalopathy].
abstract: Hashimoto's encephalopathy was first described by Lord Brain in 1966. Since, other designations have been proposed and the existence of the disease itself has been debated. However, the number of reported cases in the literature is still increasing and physicians are sometimes confronted with patients with neuropsychiatric manifestations and positive thyroid antibodies. This article is an update based upon a search through Medline database that identified 316 references published between 1961 and 2011. Hashimoto's encephalopathy is a rare condition for which there is a need for both diagnostic criteria and therapeutic consensus.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, hôpital Bretonneau, CHRU de Tours, 2, boulevard Tonnellé, 37044 Tours cedex 9, France. benjamin.chaigne@hotmail.fr
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chaigne
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Beaufils
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jouan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Magnant
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maillot
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Constans
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hommet
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mondon
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D004660:Encephalitis; D050031:Hashimoto Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology*