title: Bilateral hemiballism-hemi-chorea presenting in a diabetes taiwanese woman.
abstract: Hemiballism-hemichorea (HB-HC) is a hyperkinetic disorder characterized by continuous involuntary movements of the extremities. It could be associated with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. A very few cases of bilateral HB-HC have been reported until today. We describe here the case of a Taiwanese woman (85 years old) presenting with bilateral HB-HC and diabetes mellitus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Stroke Center, Chunghua Christian Hospital Chunghua , Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chih Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Stroke Center, Chunghua Christian Hospital Chunghua , Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chi-Kuang
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Liu
keywords: Taiwan; diabetes mellitus; hemiballism-hemichorea