Acute thyrotoxic neuropathy - Basedow's paraplegia revisited

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 211-214

  Pandit, Lekha ^a   Shankar, S K ^b   Gayathri, N ^b   Pandit, Ashok ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute peripheral neuropathy; Basedow's paraplegia; Nodular goitre; Thyrotoxicosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; NEUROPATHY; PARAPLEGIA; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE; THYROID CRISIS; THYROTOXICOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARAPLEGIA; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 0032485315     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00313-4     Document Type: Article

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