Autoimmune thyroiditis and myopathy. Reversibility of myopathic alterations under thyroxine therapy.
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.
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Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Göttingen, Fed. Rep. of Germany.
Schönle
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Klingelhöfer
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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
D013974:Thyroxine