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BMC Research Notes, 2017 Background Distal (Type 1) renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) is characterized by inability to secrete hydrogen irons from the distal tubule. The aetiology of dRTA is diverse and can be either inherited or acquired.
Randula Ranawaka +2 more
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Hyperthyroid hypokalemicperiodic paralysis
Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016 Hyperthyroid periodic paralysis (HPP) is a rare life threatening complication of hyperthyroidism commonly occurring in young Asian males but sporadically found in other races. It is characterised by hypokalemia and acute onset paraparesis with prevalence of one in one hundred thousand (1 in 100000).
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Voltage sensor charge loss accounts for most cases of hypokalemic periodic paralysis
Background: Several missense mutations of CACNA1S and SCN4A genes occur in hypokalemic periodic paralysis. These mutations affect arginine residues in the S4 voltage sensors of the channel. Approximately 20% of cases remain genetically undefined. Methods:
Schorge S +10 more
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Primary Sjögren’s syndrome presenting with hypokalemic periodic paralysis: A case series
Asian Journal of Medical SciencesTubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN) is the primary renal involvement associated with primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS). We present a series of female patients with hypokalemic paralysis due to distal renal tubular acidosis.
Margi Dipakkumar Patel +3 more
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Familial Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis in Blacks [PDF]
, 1982 Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is an uncommon disease that has rarely been reported in blacks. Historical, clinical, and pathological findings in three black patients, in addition to those previously reported in the literature, suggest that the spectrum ...
Bernstein, Jack M., Kleerekoper, Michael
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Surgical treatment for thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis: case report
World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2012 Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis (THPP) is a rare, potentially life-threatening endocrine emergency. It is characterized by recurrent muscle weakness and hypokalemia.
Lin Yi-Chu +7 more
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Hypokalemic periodic paralysis: a case report [PDF]
, 2017 Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HPP), a clinical syndrome characterized by low serum potassium, is a rare but treatable cause of acute muscular weakness.
Nishit Biniwale +5 more
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Idiopathic hypokalemic periodic paralysis: A series of cases clustered in a part of Eastern India
Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2015 Background: Most of the studies on hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HOPP) in India and abroad had described secondary causes as the origin of the disease.
Joydeep Mukherjee
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Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis as the First Manifestation of Thyrotropin-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma
Case Reports in Endocrinology, 2019 Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is an unusual neurological manifestation of thyrotoxicosis, and even rarer when it occurs in thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenoma, only 6 cases having been previously reported. We describe a case of pituitary microadenoma
Chatchon Kaewkrasaesin +4 more
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Thyrotoxic Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis: A Case Report
, 2014 Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is a rare disorder characterized by reversible attacks of muscle weakness accompanied by episodic hypokalemia. The most common causes of hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HPP) are familial periodic paralysis, thyrotoxic ...
Karakılıç, Ersen +6 more
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