Two cases of hemichorea-hemiballism with nonketotic hyperglycemia: A new point of view

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 179-183

  Battisti, Carla ^a   Forte, Francesca ^a   Rubenni, Elisa ^a   Dotti, Maria Teresa ^a   Bartali, Anna ^b   Gennari, Paola ^c   Federico, Antonio ^a   Cerase, Alfonso ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b USL 7   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Hemichorea hemiballism; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nonketotic hyperglycemia

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GLUCOSE; HALOPERIDOL; INSULIN; TIAPRIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOREOATHETOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMICHOREA HEMIBALLISM; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERREFLEXIA; LETHARGY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONKETOTIC HYPERGLYCEMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROFACIAL DYSKINESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CHOREA; DYSKINESIAS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCINEMIA, NONKETOTIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67349091400     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-009-0039-5     Document Type: Article

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