TY - JOUR
TI - Neural and Muscular Manifestations of Hypothyroidism
AU - Scarpalezos, S.
AU - Lygidakis, C.
AU - Papageorgiou, C.
AU - Maliara, S.
AU - Koukoulommati, A.S.
AU - Koutras, D.A.
JO - Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry
PY - 1973
VL - 29
TODO - 3
SP - 140-144
PB - 
SN - null
TODO - 10.1001/archneur.1973.00490270022002
TODO - carpal tunnel syndrome;  electroencephalography;  electromyography;  hypothyroidism;  major clinical study;  muscle;  muscle disease;  nerve conduction;  neuropathy;  surgery, Adult;  Aged;  Brain;  Electroencephalography;  Electromyography;  Female;  Humans;  Hypothyroidism;  Iodine Radioisotopes;  Male;  Median Nerve;  Middle Aged;  Muscular Diseases;  Neural Conduction;  Neurologic Manifestations;  Peroneal Nerve;  Thyroid Function Tests;  Tibial Nerve;  Ulnar Nerve
TODO - Among 51 patients with adult-onset hypothyroidism, clinical examination revealed abnormal findings from the peripheral nerves in 12. The electromyogram was abnormal in 18 patients, whereas abnormalities of motor conduction were observed in 19 patients, mainly as a prolonged distal latency. Electroencephalographic abnormalities of different types were detected in 30 of the 41 patients studied. There is no clear-cut correlation between either EEG or EMG abnormalities with the various metabolic indexes of severity of the disease process. On the other hand, electromyographic evidence of genuine myopathy was only rarely obtained. © 1973, American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
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