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Choreic syndrome due to Hashimoto's encephalopathy

✍ Scribed by Gregory Taurin; Véronique Golfier; Jean-François Pinel; Véronique Deburghgraeve; Jean-Yves Poirier; Gilles Edan; Marc Vérin

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
394 KB
Volume
17
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-3185

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

We report on the instructive case of an elderly woman who became encephalopathic and concurrently developed chorea. Thyroid antibody studies were abnormal. She responded extremely well to oral corticosteroids. © 2002 Movement Disorder Society

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