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Extrapyramidal symptoms and advanced calcification of the basal ganglia in a patient with autosomal dominant hypocalcemia.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2013
Kurozumi Akira, Okada Yosuke, Arao Tadashi, Endou Itsuro, Matsumoto Toshio, Tanaka Yoshiya
Abstract excerpt
Most cases of hypoparathyroidism with decreased parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion, excluding secondary hypoparathyroidism, are considered to be idiopathic. We herein report a relatively rare case of hypoparathyroidism with extrapyramidal symptoms, including brachybasia and a frozen gait, caused by advanced basal ganglia calcification in a 64-year-old man with hypoparathyroidism. A DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)...
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