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Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis

Journal of Islamic International Medical College, 2016
Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis is a group of rare inherited disorders that can cause temporary and often recurrent episodes of acute flaccid paralysis. Several conditions e.g.
Abidullah Khan , Muhammad Farooq
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Periodic paralysis: clinical evaluation in 20 patients

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1994
Twenty patients with periodic paralysis were evaluated and the aspects studied included epidemiological data, clinical manifestations, ancillary tests, treatment and evolution.
Célia Harumi Tengan, Acary S. Bulle de Oliveira, Alberto Alain Gabbai   +2 more
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Unmasking Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy: A Case of Proximal Weakness in a Young Male With Co‐Occurring Vitamin D Deficiency

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 11, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) encompasses rare autoimmune disorders causing muscle inflammation and weakness, with subtypes including dermatomyositis, necrotizing myopathy, antisynthetase syndrome, and inclusion body myositis. This case report details a 25‐year‐old South Asian male presenting with a 60‐day history of progressive ...
Ibrahim Khalil, Ahmed Fahim Faiyaz, Sunjida Amin Promi, Md. Imran Hossain   +3 more
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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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Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis with Hypokalemia in an Adult Male from Nepal: A Case Report

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2019
Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is rare complication of hyperthyroidism characterized by the sudden onset of hypokalemia and muscle paralysis. It is typically present in young Asian males.
Sabina Khadka, Indu K.C., Rabindra Jang Rayamajhi, Pravakar Dawadi, Pravash Budhathoki   +4 more
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Sjögren's Syndrome With Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis and Hypokalemic Myopathy in Pregnancy: A Rare Case

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 11, November 2025.
Case timeline. ABSTRACT Sjogren's syndrome may rarely present with distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA), causing severe hypokalemia and myopathy. A 27‐year‐old primigravida at 15 weeks gestation presented with progressive proximal weakness and myalgia.
Nabiha Khan, Aasim Ali, Sadia Khan, Uzka Ghayour, Dipesh Kumar Yadav, Armaghana Abdullah   +5 more
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Hypokalemic periodic paralysis: an unusual presentation of primary hyperparathyroidism

, 2018
Primary hyperparathyroidism is an endocrine condition characterized by hyper secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH). It has a wide varied clinical presentation from mild nonspecific symptoms to classical disease.
Rakesh Chandru K., Zahir Hussain S.
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Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis Due To Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis

, 2015
Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HPP) is a disorder that characterized by attacks of skeletal muscle paralysis depending on the changes in serum potassium levels, and can occur due to primary and secondary causes.
GÜLLÜ, MEHMET NEZİR, DURGUN, HASAN MANSUR, ZENGİN, YILMAZ, DURSUN, RECEP, GÜNDÜZ, ERCAN, İÇER, MUSTAFA   +5 more
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Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis in a 10-year-old Child: Case Study

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Background. Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is a rare form of paralysis in children resulting from genetically determined electrolyte disorders. Its diagnosis is complicated due to transient nonspecific symptoms. Case description. The disease onset was at
Artem A. Ivanov, Tatiana V. Kulichenko, Julia S. Lashkova, Nataliya S. Ershova   +3 more
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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, Labrum R, Hanna MG, Chinnery PF, Davis MB, Kullmann DM, Sweeney MG, Haworth A, Meola G, Sud R, Matthews E   +10 more
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