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Hyperosmolar non-ketotic hyperglycaemia: an important and reversible cause of acute bilateral ballismus

An 83-year-old lady with type 2 diabetes mellitus was admitted to hospital with pneumonia. After 3 days of oral amoxicillin she developed ballism-choreiform movements of all four limbs. Her serum glucose and osmolality were raised. She had no factors suggestive of genetic or iatrogenic causes. A CT...

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Publicado en:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Milburn-McNulty, Philip, Michael, Benedict D, Woodford, Henry J, Nicolson, Andrew
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2012
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4543015/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22729344
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-11-2011-5084
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