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A 70-year-old man with a history of diabetes mellitus presented with a progressive neuromuscular disorder complicated by agitated depression.
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Case report of a 70-year-old man presenting with a neuromuscular disorder and agitated depression.
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Presentation of CaseA 70-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of a neuromuscular disorder complicated by agitated depression.There was a seven-year history of diabetes mellitus that was managed with insulin during the six years before entry. The patient was well otherwise until 11 months earlier, when he began to have weakness in the right upper extremity that soon spread to the left upper extremity. Two months later he was unable to take his customary one-hour daily walk without stopping to rest every five minutes, and he experienced easy fatigability of the hands and stiffness of the neck . . .
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Cabot et al. (1992) conducted a case report in Neuromuscular disorder complicated by agitated depression (n=1). A 70-year-old man with a history of diabetes mellitus presented with a progressive neuromuscular disorder complicated by agitated depression.
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