ABNORMAL MOVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE HYPONATREMIA

Authors
NAGARATNAM N ICAO E PERIC H
Citation
N. Nagaratnam et al., ABNORMAL MOVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE HYPONATREMIA, Postgraduate medical journal, 73(862), 1997, pp. 503-504
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
73
Issue
862
Year of publication
1997
Pages
503 - 504
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1997)73:862<503:AMAWSH>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
An elderly woman with severe hyponatraemia manifested transient choreo -athetoid movements of the upper extremities and dyskinetic movements of the face and mouth. She showed more than one type of hyponatraemia and a precise diagnosis was not possible. The movements were abolished with treatment of the hyponatraemia with no recurrence or sequelae.