Persistent chorea as a manifestation of thyrotoxicosis
Autor: | D. D. Hilton, A. Javaid |
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Rok vydání: | 1988 |
Předmět: |
congenital
hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities Adolescent genetic structures Carbimazole Chlorpromazine Propranolol Chorea Dopamine mental disorders medicine Haloperidol Humans Euthyroid Involuntary movement business.industry General Medicine humanities nervous system diseases Thyrotoxicosis Anesthesia Female medicine.symptom business Research Article medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | Postgraduate Medical Journal. 64:789-790 |
ISSN: | 1469-0756 0032-5473 |
DOI: | 10.1136/pgmj.64.756.789 |
Popis: | Summary We report a case of persistent chorea as a manifestation of thyrotoxicosis. The chorea was severe and persisted after the patient was rendered euthyroid. Dopamine antagonists only partially suppressed the involuntary movements during the first few months. It was eventually controlled with haloperidol, but whenever she discontinues the treatment the chorea has returned during the 16 months since she first presented. |
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