TY - JOUR T1 - Hemiballism-hemichorea and non-ketotic hyperglycaemia. JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry JO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry SP - 748 LP - 750 DO - 10.1136/jnnp.57.6.748 VL - 57 IS - 6 AU - J J Lin AU - M K Chang Y1 - 1994/06/01 UR - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/57/6/748.abstract N2 - Three patients with hemiballism-hemichorea caused by non-ketotic hyperglycaemia are presented, two of whom had hyperosmolar non-ketotic hyperglycaemic syndrome. In two of the three patients, the hyperkinesia was the initial presenting symptom of their diabetes mellitus. The hypersensitivity of the postmenopausal dopamine receptor, decreased gamma-aminobutyric acid in the brain in non-ketotic hyperglycaemia, coexisting lacunar infarct in the basal ganglion, and pre-existing metabolic dysfunction in the basal ganglion may all have played a part in the pathogenesis of this movement disorder. ER -