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Hypokalemic periodic paralysis related to thyroiditis (A case report and review of pathology) [PDF]

, 2007
Background: Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis (THPP) is a medical emergency characterized by recurrent episodes of muscle weakness. In hypokalemic periodic paralysis, the muscle is normal between attacks and the diagnosis may be difficult if the ...
Özdemirli, Burcu, Koçer, Abdulkadir, Güneş, Muzaffer, Önder, Elif   +3 more
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Concurrent hypokalemic periodic paralysis and bipolar disorder

, 2015
Primary periodic paralysis is a rare autosomal dominant disorder of ion-channel dysfunction, manifested by episodic flaccid paresis secondary to abnormal sarcolemma excitability. Membrane destabilization involving Na, K-ATPase has been hypothesized to be
I-Shin Shiah, Szu-Nian Yang, Chia-Lin Lin   +2 more
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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, Wu Che-Wei, Chen Hui-Chun, Chen Hsiu-Ya, Lu I-Cheng, Tsai Cheng-Jing, Kuo Wen-Rei, Chiang Feng-Yu   +7 more
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Etiological Spectrum of patients with Hypokalemic Paralysis

Objective:  To determine the etiological spectrum of patients with Hypokalemic paralysis. Materials & Methods:  A descriptive Cross-Sectional study was conducted in the Department of Neurology, Mayo Hospital Lahore.
Khawaja Muhammad Ali, Safia Bano, Muhammad Husnain, Professor Muhammad Ather Javed, Professor Ahsan Numan   +4 more
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Hypokalemic periodic paralysis: a case report

, 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, Kibe, Rutuja, Rutuja Kibe, Atul Biniwale, Biniwale, Atul, Biniwale, Nishit   +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, Patinut Buranasupkajorn, Paisith Piriyawat, Sarat Sunthornyothin, Thiti Snabboon   +4 more
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Hypokalemic periodic paralysis [PDF]

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2020
Margaret Mallari, Tamim H. Naber, Omar M. Shahateet   +2 more
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Permanent muscle weakness in hypokalemic periodic paralysis

, 2020
ObjectiveTo map the phenotypic spectrum in 55 individuals with mutations in CACNA1S known to cause hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HypoPP) using medical history, muscle strength testing, and muscle MRI.MethodsAdults with a mutation in CACNA1S known to ...
Fornander, Freja, Duno, Morten, Dahlqvist, Julia, Solheim, Tuva, Vissing, John, Witting, Nanna, Holm-Yildiz, Sonja, Eisum, Anne Sofie, Soerensen, Troels, De Stricker Borch, Josefine   +9 more
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Recurrent hypokalemic paralysis: An atypical presentation of hypothyroidism

, 2013
Hypothyroidism presenting as recurrent hypokalemic paralysis is rare in the literature. This transient and episodic neurological condition is commonly associated with thyrotoxicosis.
Pranab K Sahana, Nilanjan Sengupta, Keshab Sinharay, Uma Sinha   +3 more
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