Newly diagnosed type-2 diabetes presenting with hemichorea-hemiballismus

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 218-220

  Demssie, Y N ^a   Kaushal, K ^a  

^a LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemiballismus; Hemichorea; Hyperintense putamen signal; Non ketotic hyperglycaemia; TI weighted MRI

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; METFORMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMIBALLISM; HEMICHOREA; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUTAMEN;

EID: 57049085088     PISSN: 14782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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