Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis as a rare manifestation of Graves disease
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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: Grekov's Bulletin of Surgery
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0042-4625
DOI: 10.24884/0042-4625-2019-178-2-62-64