Extensive basal ganglia calcification related to hypoparathyroidism in a young woman

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-

  Siddiqui, Atif ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAHR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOTE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 78651337168     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181cc3c9d     Document Type: Article

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