INTRODUCTION Hashimoto's encephalopathy is a neurological disorder of unknown cause associated with thyroid autoimmunity. The disease occurs primarily in the fifth decade of life and may present in two types - a sudden vasculitic type or a progressive subacute type associated to cognitive dysfunction, confusion and memory loss. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 62-year-old Hispanic wo...

Intelligent Space (iSpace) is a space (room, corridor, or street), which has distributed sensory and mobile agents, that is capable to provide intelligent services. In this paper, experimental setup between Hashimoto Lab, University of Tokyo, Japan and Advanced Diagnosis Automation and Control Lab, North Carolina State University, USA is prepared to form an Inter-Continental Intelligent Space. ...

Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT), now considered the most common autoimmune disease, was described over a century ago as a pronounced lymphoid goiter affecting predominantly women. In addition to this classic form, several other clinico-pathologic entities are now included under the term HT: fibrous variant, IgG4-related variant, juvenile form, Hashitoxicosis, and painless thyroiditis (sporadic or po...

To add to that, I have Hashimoto's, a reason why I am a bit worried about taking birth control pills. I would seriously prefer birth control pills (while using the condoms of course), but friends who have had hypothyroidism have warned me against birth control unless I begin taking thyroid supplements (which I have been advised are premature at this stage). I would really like to know if this i...

To add to that, I have Hashimoto's, a reason why I am a bit worried about taking birth control pills. I would seriously prefer birth control pills (while using the condoms of course), but friends who have had hypothyroidism have warned me against birth control unless I begin taking thyroid supplements (which I have been advised are premature at this stage). I would really like to know if this i...

Background: The effects of magnesium physiology are contradictory to the neurotoxic effect of bilirubin, but the relationship between magnesium level and hyperbilirubinemia in neonates has not been well studied. In this study, we investigated the relationship between serum magnesium level and hyperbilirubinemia and hyperbilirubinemia complications at the Children’s Medical Center. Methods: In ...

BACKGROUND Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a powerful enhancer of vascular permeability and inflammatory response; however its significance in chronic urticaria is poorly recognised. AIM To compare free circulating levels of VEGF and its soluble receptors (sVEGFR1 and VEGFR2) in patients with different forms of chronic urticaria. METHODS The concentrations of VEGF and its recep...

Hashimoto's encephalopathy is a chronic relapsing and remitting encephalopathy associated with antithyroid antibodies. Seizures are a frequent manifestation, but are not well characterized in the literature with respect to their onset. We describe a 48-year-old patient with recurrent encephalopathy and seizures, and elevated antithyroid antibodies. One seizure was documented with video-EEG moni...

OBJECTIVE To present relevant and updated information on the status of hypothyroidism in the pediatric population (newborn infants to adolescents). SOURCES Original and review articles and books containing relevant updated data. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS This review addressed data on the etiopathogeny of hypothyroidism and on the importance of screening for congenital hypothyroidism to assure...