Hemiballism-hemichorea induced by ketotic hyperglycemia: case report with PET study and review of the literature

Hemiballism-hemichorea (HB-HC) is commonly used to describe the basal ganglion dysfunction in non-ketotic hyperglycemic elderly patients. Here we report two elderly female patients with acute onset of involuntary movements induced by hyperglycemia with positive urine ketones. We described the comput...

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Main Authors: Tan, Yuyan, Xin, Xiaoyu, Xiao, Qin, Chen, Shengdi, Cao, Li, Tang, Huidong
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2014
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4100749/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25031834
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2047-9158-3-14
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