Dementia as presenting symptom of primary hyperparathyroidism: Favourable outcome after surgery

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1038-1040

  Papageorgiou, Sokratis G ^a   Christou, Yolanda ^a   Kontaxis, Theodoros ^a   Bonakis, Anastasios ^a   Anagnostouli, Maria ^a   Potagas, Constantinos ^a   Kalfakis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cognitive deficit; Dementia; Parathyroidectomy; Primary hyperparathyroidism

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PARKINSONISM; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, PRIMARY; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54049104311     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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