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Hemiplegia due to hypoglycaemia followed by haemicorea after correction of glycaemic values

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A 69-year-old man suffered from hemiplegia of the left limb due to hypoglycaemia. After 3 h of oral supplementation with sugar water, the patient recovered from hemiplegia but then presented symptoms of haemichorea. To our knowledge, a case of abnormal glucose metabolism complicated with two types of motor disturbance has not been reported previously.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Banan Hospital Affiliated of Chongqing Medical University, Banan District, No. 659, Yunan Road, Longzhouwan Street, Chongqing, China

    Jie Wang & Cheng-De Pan

  2. Department of Neurology, Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 6, Seventh Branch Road, Panxi, Jiangbei District, Chongqing, China

    Ting-liang Gong

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JW contributed on writing and revising the manuscript. TG and C-DP contributed equally on the concept of the manuscript and selection/editing of the image. All authors agreed with the full content of the manuscript.

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Wang, J., Gong, Tl. & Pan, CD. Hemiplegia due to hypoglycaemia followed by haemicorea after correction of glycaemic values. Neurol Sci 44, 1125–1126 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-022-06461-6

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