Sjögren's syndrome presenting with hypokalemic paralysis
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Sjogren's syndrome presenting with hypokalemic periodic paralysis.
We report a rare case of a 38-year-old female who presented with sudden onset flaccid quadriplegia and respiratory arrest with no significant past clinical history. She was later found to have hypokalemia due to distal renal tubular acidosis and further diagnosed as case of Sjogrens Syndrome.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports International
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2456-9100
DOI: 10.5348/crint-2015-12-cr-7