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Hashimoto's Encephalitis

Background

Hashimoto’s Encephalitis: Hashimoto’s Encephalopathy, Steroid-responsive Encephalopathy associated with Autoimmune Thyroiditis (SREAT), Non-vasculitic Autoimmune Meningoencephalitis.

Hashimoto’s encephalitis (inflammation/swelling of the brain) was first described in 1966. It is a rare, probably autoimmune condition (a disorder in which the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys healthy body tissues). It is usually associated with high levels of thyroid antibodies in the blood. Hashimoto’s encephalitis has been reported in children, adults and the elderly all over the world. It is more common in females than males.

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Medical text written July 2010 by Dr Baba Aji, Specialist Registrar to Professor Tom Solomon, Consultant Neurologist, The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK.

 

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