title: Hypocalcaemic myopathy with paranoid psychosis.
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.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000032:analysis; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000032:analysis; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000150:complications*; D007011:Hypoparathyroidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000201:enzymology; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000201:enzymology; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D003402:Creatine Kinase