Hypocalcemic generalised seizures as a manifestation of iatrogenic hypoparathyroidism months to years after thyroid surgery

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-87

  Mrowka, Matthias ^a,c   Knake, Susanne ^b   Klinge, Harald ^c   Odin, Per ^c   Rosenow, Felix ^b  

^a MediClin Deister Weser Kliniken   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c Departement of Neurology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult onset, generalised, tonic clonic seizure; Hypocalcemia; Hypoparathyroidism, thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPOPEDAL SPASM; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IATROGENIC HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MUSCLE SPASM; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETANY; THYROID SURGERY;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPASM; TETANY; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 3042569374     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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