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Thyroid function in patients with Parkinson's disease
Author(s) -
Johannessen A.C.,
Boye A.,
Pakkenberg H.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1987.tb05461.x
Subject(s) - parkinson's disease , medicine , thyroid function , disease , thyroid disease , thyroid function tests , pediatrics , thyroid
Many of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease are similar to those seen in patients with hypothyroidism. The diagnosis of myxoedema may easily be overlooked when occurring together with Parkinson's disease. We studied 52 patients with Parkinson's disease and found normal thyroid values and TSH‐levels in all patients except one, who turned out to have an incipient hypothyroidism.