Chorea-ballism as a manifestation of decompensated type 2 diabetes mellitus

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 333, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 175-177

  Chang, Claudia Veiga ^a   Felicio, Andre Carvalho ^b   De Oliveira Godeiro, Clecio ^b   Matsubara, Luiz Shiguero ^a   Duarte, Daniela Rezende ^a   Ferraz, Henrique Ballalai ^b   Okoshi, Marina Politi ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ballism; Chorea; Diabetes mellitus; Hyperglycemia; Putamen

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; CAPTOPRIL; CEFTRIAXONE; DIGOXIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; HALOPERIDOL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; METFORMIN; METHYLDOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLISM; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; PUTAMEN;

AGED; CHOREA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DYSKINESIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUTAMEN;

EID: 34547554406     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3180318e34     Document Type: Article

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