Hypocalcaemic myopathy with paranoid psychosis
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- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 39 (1) , 48-52
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.39.1.48
Abstract
A description is given of a patient with idiopathic hypoparathyroidism and a paranoid psychosis. Changes in muscle, electromyograms, and blood enzyme levels were related to hypocalcaemia. Reference is made to the elevations of these enzyme levels found in other cases of psychosis.Keywords
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