May 2019 Vol. 7 No.5

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Original Research Article

Neurological manifestations in Basedow Graves disease

Mihaela Lungu^* and Violeta Sapira

Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, “Dunarea de Jos”, University of Galati, Romania

*Corresponding Author’s E-mail: micalungu@gmail.com
Phone: +40724365046

Accepted May 02, 2019

Abstract

A personal five years clinical prospective study, conducted on patients with Basedow Graves disease, hospitalized in the Clinical Neurology and Endocrinology Departments of Emergency Hospital Galati, targeted the neurological manifestations associated to this type of thyroid pathology, referring to the frequency, clinical aspect and therapeutic response to neurological determinations from Basedow disease.

Keywords: Basedow disease, Neurological and endocrinological manifestations, Paraclinic investigations, Therapeutic response

ABREVIATIONS: CPK- creatinphosphokinase; CSF- cerebrospinal fluid; CT- computed tomography; EEG- electroencephalogram; EMG- electromyography; FAN- antinuclear factor; FO- oculus fundus; Hb- haemoglobin; Ht- haematocrit; MRI- magnetic resonance imagery; PUM- motor unit potential; RBW- Bordet Wasserman reaction; T3- triiodothyronine; FT3- free triiodothyronine; T4- thyroxine; FT4- free thyroxine; TCD- transcranial Doppler; TGO- aspartat aminotranspherase; TGP- alanine aminotranspherase; TRH- thyroid releasing hormone; TSH- thyroid stimulating hormone; TSI- thyroid stimulating immunoglobuline; VCM- motor nerve conduction velocity; VCS- sensitive nerve conduction velocity