PARKINSONS-DISEASE CAMOUFLAGING EARLY SIGNS OF HYPOTHYROIDISM

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TANDETER, HB
SHVARTZMAN, P
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[1] Department of Family Medicine, Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105
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10.1080/00325481.1993.11945738
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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Hypothyroidism may be difficult to diagnose in patients with Parkinson's disease because of clinical similarities. Although the issue of screening for hypothyroidism in the elderly is controversial, we strongly recommend a high index of suspicion in patients with Parkinson's disease, especially when the various hypokinetic signs do not respond to appropriate antiparkinsonian treatment.
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