title: Autoimmune thyroiditis and myopathy. Reversibility of myopathic alterations under thyroxine therapy.
abstract: A female patient with Hashimoto's autoimmune thyroiditis and myopathic symptoms is reported. Besides a myopathic pattern, widespread spontaneous pathological activity was found in the affected musculature. Under thyroxin therapy, both the clinical picture and the electromyographic findings normalized completely within a few weeks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Göttingen, Fed. Rep. of Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Schönle
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klingelhöfer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013974:Thyroxine