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Acute hemichorea in a newly diagnosed type II diabetes patient: a diagnostic challenge in resource-limited setting: a case report

BACKGROUND: Chorea is a rare complication of uncontrolled type II diabetes. We report for the first time in Tanzania a case of type II diabetes presenting with a hyperglycaemia-induced hemichorea. CASE PRESENTATION: A 58-year-old Tanzanian chagga by tribe with a body mass index of 28 kg/m(2) and new...

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Autores principales: Ruhangisa, Flora, Stephen, Henry, Senkondo, Jacob, Mwasamwaja, Amos, Kanenda, Said, Mbarak, Saleh, Chamba, Nyasatu, Kilonzo, Kajiru, Howlett, William, Lyaruu, Isaack, Shao, Elichilia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4994197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27549630
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-2228-7