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Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1988
We present the case of a 21-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with an episode of profound weakness due to thyrotoxic periodic paralysis, a syndrome of muscular weakness occurring in patients with hyperthyroidism. Prior to the diagnosis, the patient was treated with a parenteral tranquilizer.
L, Bergeron, G L, Sternbach
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We present the case of a 21-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with an episode of profound weakness due to thyrotoxic periodic paralysis, a syndrome of muscular weakness occurring in patients with hyperthyroidism. Prior to the diagnosis, the patient was treated with a parenteral tranquilizer.
L, Bergeron, G L, Sternbach
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The American Journal of Medicine, 1969
Abstract In an Oriental patient with thyrotoxic periodic paralysis, six weeks of therapy with reserpine alone returned the pulse rate to normal and reduced nervousness but did not prevent the attacks of periodic paralysis. These observations imply that hyperactivity of the sympathetic nervous system is not an essential feature of the mechanism by ...
J S, Resnick, J D, Dorman, W K, Engel
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Abstract In an Oriental patient with thyrotoxic periodic paralysis, six weeks of therapy with reserpine alone returned the pulse rate to normal and reduced nervousness but did not prevent the attacks of periodic paralysis. These observations imply that hyperactivity of the sympathetic nervous system is not an essential feature of the mechanism by ...
J S, Resnick, J D, Dorman, W K, Engel
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Southern Medical Journal, 2000
Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is a thyroid-related disorder that is manifested as recurrent episodes of hypokalemia and muscle weakness lasting from hours to days. The periodic paralysis has been associated with thyrotoxicosis from various etiologies. Although the incidence of the disorder is relatively higher among Asians, it has been reported in many
C H, Magsino, A J, Ryan
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Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is a thyroid-related disorder that is manifested as recurrent episodes of hypokalemia and muscle weakness lasting from hours to days. The periodic paralysis has been associated with thyrotoxicosis from various etiologies. Although the incidence of the disorder is relatively higher among Asians, it has been reported in many
C H, Magsino, A J, Ryan
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Euthyroid Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis
Military Medicine, 1991Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is a dramatic complication of thyrotoxicosis usually seen in young men with untreated Graves' disease. We report the case of a 29-year-old active duty man with TPP attacks atypical in that they occurred during and after resolution of the hyperthyroidism.
J K, Rone, S A, Brietzke
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Thyrotoxic hypokalaemic periodic paralysis
British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2006A 24-year-old male Chinese student from southern China presented with sudden onset of generalized weakness. The evening before admission he had played football for 3 hours, and eaten a Chinese takeaway plus two hamburgers. He awoke in the early hours of the following morning unable to move his arms or legs.
Joyce, Balami +3 more
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Thyrotoxic, hypokalaemic periodic paralysis
Emergency Medicine Australasia, 2005AbstractThyrotoxic, hypokalaemic periodic paralysis is an uncommon, potentially life‐threatening endocrine emergency. Because of the acute onset of neurological symptoms patients often initially present to hospital ED. To reduce patient morbidity and costs of unnecessary investigations, early recognition and appropriate treatment is required.
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[Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis].
Annales d'endocrinologie, 1992Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis associates the clinical picture of hyperthyroidism with bouts of paralysis due to hypokalaemia. The hypokalaemia is due to a massive shift of potassium from the extra- to the intracellular compartment. This entity is found almost exclusively in Asian males.
D, Scarnière, M B, Vallotton
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