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| Year : 2004 | Volume
: 52
| Issue : 1 | Page : 102--103 |
Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia manifestation of hyperthyroidism
V Puri, N Chaudhry
Department of Neurology, G. B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi - 110 002, India
Correspondence Address:
V Puri
16, Type 5, MAMC Campus, New Delhi - 110002
India
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PMID: 15069252 
Sporadic paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD) secondary to thyrotoxicosis is an extremely rare entity. A 36-year-old female presented with the features of PKD. Her investigations revealed thyrotoxicosis. Her dyskinesia did not respond to carbamazepine but remitted with the anti-thyroid drug, neomercazole. Perhaps hyperthyroidism-related
PKD is a result of a metabolic disturbance of the basal ganglia circuits rather than a permanent and irreversible change.
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