Polymyositis-like syndrome caused by hypothyroidism, presenting as camptocormia

Rheumatology International

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-342

  Kim, Ji Min ^a   Song, Eun Joo ^a   Seo, Jae Seok ^a   Nam, Eon Jeong ^a   Kang, Young Mo ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Camptocormia; Hypothyroidism; Myopathy; Polymyositis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; MYOGLOBIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CAMPTOCORMIA; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GAIT DISORDER; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEG EDEMA; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STAINING; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; POLYMYOSITIS; SPINAL CURVATURES; SYNDROME;

EID: 57649238047     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-008-0679-4     Document Type: Article

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