Page 135 - Read Online

Page 6 of 6 Verma et al. Neuroimmunol Neuroinflammation 2018;5:20 I http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/2347-8659.2017.65

Patient consent
Consents from both patients were established prior to submission.

Ethics approval
All treatment and study were performed in compliance with our institutional standard and the Declaration
of Helsinki, No: 314 /UPUMS/Dean/2016-2017.

Copyright
© The Author(s) 2018.

REFERENCES
1. Potts JT. Parathyroid hormone: past and present. J Endocrinol 2005;187:311-25.
2. Bilezikian JP, Khan A, Potts JT, Brandi ML, Clarke BL, Shoback D, Jüppner H, D’Amour P, Fox J, Rejnmark L, Mosekilde L, Rubin M,
Dempster D, Gafni R, Collins MT, Sliney J, Sanders J. Hypoparathyroidism in the adult: epidemiology, diagnosis, pathophysiology, target-
organ involvement, treatment, and challenges for future research. J Bone Miner Res 2011;26:2317-37.
3. Chung SH, Chen SC, Chen WJ, Lee CC. Symmetric basal ganglia calcification in a 9-year-old child with MELAS. Neurology 2005;65:E11-
9.
4. Levine M. Hypoparathyroidism and pseudohypoparathyroidism. In: DeGroot LJ, Jameson JL, editors. Endocrinology. Philadelphia: WB
Saunders; 2001. p. 1133-53.
5. Weiss-Guillet EM, Takala J, Jakob SM. Diagnosis and management of electrolyteemergencies. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab
2003;17:623-51.
6. Nardonea R, Brigoc F, Trinkaa E. Acute symptomatic seizures caused by electrolyte disturbances. J Clin Neurol 2016;12:21-33.
7. Fulop M, Zeifer B. Case report: extensive brain calcification in hypoparathyroidism. Am J Med Sci 1991;302:292-5.
8. Usdin TB, Hoare SR, Wang T, Mezey E, Kowalak JA. TIP39: a new neuropeptide and PTH2-receptor agonist from hypothalamus. Nat
Neurosci 1999;2:941-3.
9. Kaplan PW. The EEG in metabolic encephalopathy and coma. J Clin Neurophysiol 2004;21:307-18.
10. Eaton LM, Camp JD, Love JG. Symmetric cerebral calcifications, particularly of the basal ganglia demonstrate roentgenographically;
calcification of the cerebral blood vessels. Arch Neurol Psychiatry 1939;41:921-42.
11. Goswami R, Sharma R, Sreenivas V, Gupta N, Ganapathy A, Das S. Prevalence and progression of basal ganglia calcification and its
pathogenic mechanism in patients with idiopathic hypoparathyroidism. Clin Endocrinol Oxf 2012;77:200-6.
12. Rizvi I, Ansari NA, Beg M. Widespread intracranial calcification, seizures, and extrapyramidal manifestations in a case of
hypoparathyroidism. N Am J Med Sci 2012;4:369-72.
13. Verulashvili IV, Glonti LS, Miminoshvili DK, Maniia MN, Mdivani KS. Basal ganglia calcification: clinical manifestations and diagnostic
evaluation. Georgian Med News 2006;140:39-43.
14. Basak R. A case report of basal ganglia calcification: a rare finding of hypoparathyroidism. Oman Med J 2009;24:220-2.
15. Modi S, Tripathi M, Saha S, Goswami R. Seizures in patients with idiopathic hypoparathyroidism: effect of antiepileptic drug withdrawal
on recurrence of seizures and serum calcium control. Eur J Endocrinol 2014;170:777-83.