Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Hashimoto's Encephalopathy by other names

Chong Jy and Rowland LP. What's in a NAIM? (editorial) Arch Neurol 2006 63:175-176

Hashimoto's encephalopathy (named by Lord Brain) is also called by "steroid responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT)" or "nonvasculitic autoimmune meningoencephalitis (NAIM). CJD may present identically except without steroid responsiveness.