Chorea as the initial manifestation of diabetes mellitus type 2. Two case report

Amin Cervantes Arriaga; Mayela Rodríguez Violante; Georgina Arrambide

2009, Number 2

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Arch Neurocien 2009; 14 (2)

**Chorea as the initial manifestation of diabetes mellitus type 2. Two case report**

Cervantes AA, Rodríguez VM, Arrambide G

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ABSTRACT

Movement disorders may appear anytime in the clinical course of patients with diabetes mellitus or even as the initial manifestation at the time of diagnosis. Here we present two cases of sudden onset chorea which occur concurrently with the diagnosis of diabetes; clinical data, laboratory tests and image studies are discussed as well as a brief review of the current published literature.

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