Stroke Mimic: A Case of Unilateral Thyrotoxic Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
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[Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis. A case report].
Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis is an uncommon complication of thyrotoxicosis, characterized by attacks of generalized muscular weakness associated with hypokalemia in patients with hyperthyroidism, most frequently with Graves-Basedow disease. Treatment with antithyroid drugs and potassium supplements reversed the symptoms and the episodes of acute muscular weakness did not reappear.
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2474-252X,2474-252X
DOI: 10.5811/cpcem.2019.11.44966