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. 1976 Jan;39(1):48–52. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.39.1.48

Hypocalcaemic myopathy with paranoid psychosis

J A Snowdon 1, A C Macfie 1, J B Pearce 1
PMCID: PMC492213  PMID: 1255212

Abstract

A description is given of a patient with idiopathic hypoparathyroidism and a paranoid psychosis. Changes in muscle, electromyograms, and blood enzyme levels were related to hypocalcaemia. Reference is made to the elevations of these enzyme levels found in other cases of psychosis.

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