Non-ketotic hyperglycemia unmasks hemichorea

Background: Chorea can be caused by a variety of diseases, including neurodegenerative disorders, vascular events, toxic-metabolic states, and immunologic and infectious diseases. We describe a patient who presented with hemichorea as the initial manifestation of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and responded...

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Main Authors: Abhijeet Danve, Supriya Kulkarni, Girja Bhoite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2015-09-01
Series:Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
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Online Access:http://www.jchimp.net/index.php/jchimp/article/view/27825/pdf_7