Rhabdomyolysis following severe hypokalemia caused by familial hypokalemic periodic paralysis
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Rhabdomyolysis following severe hypokalemia caused by familial hypokalemic periodic paralysis
Rhabdomyolysis continues to appear with increasing frequency and represents a medical emergency requiring rapid appropriate treatment. One of the unusual causes of nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis is hypokalemic periodic paralysis without secondary causes. Primary hypokalemic periodic paralysis is a rare genetic disease characterized by episodic attacks of muscle weakness due to decreases in serum p...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Clinical Cases
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2307-8960
DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v5.i2.56