Morvan syndrome plus thyroid dysfunction: A case with chronic mercury exposure

Neurology India

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 218-219

  Li, Yifan ^a   Ren, Haitao ^b   Ren, Ming ^c   Cui, Fang ^a   Yang, Fei ^a   Chen, Zhaohui ^a   Cui, Liying ^b   Huang, Xusheng ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^c WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; AUTOANTIBODY; MERCURY; THYROXINE; UNITHIOL;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SCREENING; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DYSESTHESIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INSOMNIA; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; MERCURIALISM; MORVAN SYNDROME; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOKYMIA; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; TENDON REFLEX; THYROID DISEASE; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; SYRINGOMYELIA; THYROID DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901450808     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.132439     Document Type: Letter

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