An elderly woman with primary hyperparathyroidism exhibits improvement of neurocognitive dysfunction after parathyroidectomy [10]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1689-1691

  Doherty, David B ^a   Mittendorf, Elizabeth A ^a   Valentine, Alan D ^a   Perrier, Nancy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

AGED; ATTENTION; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; DYSTHYMIA; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEMORY; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD CHANGE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARANOIA; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SLEEP DISORDER; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADENOMA; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; PARATHYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 34848894285     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01361.x     Document Type: Letter

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