Extensive Intracranial Bilateral Symmetrical Calcification Secondary to Hypoparathyroidism

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 281-

  Jabr, Fadi I ^a   Matari, Hussien M ^b   Prempeh, Avril Linda ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHENYTOIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROIDECTOMY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; SEIZURES; THYROIDECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1042302760     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.61.2.281     Document Type: Article

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