title: Motor neurone disease like picture in hyperthyroidism.
abstract: Five patients of hyperthyroidism with Motor Neurone Disease like picture seen over a span of five years are described. The illness was of over 3 years duration and all patients were males. One patient had even the diagnosis of "MND'. It took 1 to 3 months for disappearance of MND picture with antithyroid drugs. In MND like disease every effort should be made to exclude hyperthyroidism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Patial
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumari
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016472:Motor Neuron Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*