Bilateral basal ganglia lesions in patients with end-stage diabetic nephropathy

Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-72

  Li, Jordan Y Z ^a   Yong, Tuck Y ^b   Sebben, Ruben ^a   Khoo, Eewin ^a   Disney, Alex P S ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Diabetes mellitus; Movement disorder; Parkinsonian symptom; Uraemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DYSARTHRIA; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UREMIA;

AGED; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GAIT; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38149084328     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2007.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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