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Stroke Mimic: A Case of Unilateral Thyrotoxic Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis [PDF]
, 2020 Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis (THPP) is a condition that results in transient skeletal muscle paralysis secondary to intracellular potassium sequestration.
Lajeunesse, Michael, Young, Scott
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Sudden weakness due to thyrotoxic periodic paralysis: a case report [PDF]
, 2022 Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is a complication of hyperthyroidism. Lead to sudden hypokalemia and muscle weakness. In most cases, it is found mainly in young adult males of the Asian race.
Japanto, Edwin Timoti +2 more
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Hypokalemic Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis
Endocrinology Research and Practice, 2022 Hypokalemia during periodic paralysİs attack was observed in a 22 year old male patient who experienced a total of 3 intermittent paralysis attacks in his extremities.
Hatice Sebile Dökmetaş +2 more
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Genetic neurological channelopathies: molecular genetics and clinical phenotypes [PDF]
, 2015 Evidence accumulated over recent years has shown that genetic neurological channelopathies can cause many different neurological diseases. Presentations relating to the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerve or muscle mean that channelopathies can impact ...
Hanna, MG, Kullmann, DM, Spillane, J
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Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis as a rare manifestation of Graves disease
Вестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова, 2019 The objectve of the study is to present a rare observation of thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis in a Caucasian male. The article presents a clinical observation of 44-year-old man suffering from diffuse toxic goiter. The course of the disease was
A. V. Gostimsky +4 more
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Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis Precipitated by Viral Hepatitis [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Thyrotoxic hypokalaemic Periodic Paralysis (TPP) is a medical emergency usually seen in Grave’s disease, commonly in persons of oriental descent. The present case is a rare first time presentation of TPP in association with acute viral hepatitis A.
Ronak Patel +3 more
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CACNA1S Arg528Cys mutation in a young Chinese man with thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis
Clinical Case Reports, 2020 It has long been believed that the patients with thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis (THPP) may harbor genetic mutations commonly found in familial hypokalemic periodic paralysis.
Nader Rezkalla +5 more
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An Unusual Presentation of Thyrotoxicosis: Leg Weakness and Hypokalemia in a 21-Year-Old Male
Case Reports in Endocrinology, 2021 Patients with hyperthyroidism or thyrotoxicosis present with an unspecific constellation of signs or symptoms such as palpitations, tremors, weight loss, or diarrhea.
Mario S. Campana +3 more
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Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2021 Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is a rare endocrine emergency that manifests as acute onset muscle weakness and hypokalaemia secondary to thyrotoxicosis. It mainly occurs due to rapid and dramatic intracellular shift of potassium resulting in hypokalaemia ...
Tejaswee Banavathu +5 more
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Periodic paralysis: anatomo-pathology of skeletal muscle of 14 patients [PDF]
, 1994 Periodic paralysis is a rare disease, characterized by transient weakness associated with abnormal levels of serum potassium. Muscle biopsy may show a wide range of abnormalities, vacuoles being more specifically linked to the disease.
Gabbai, Alberto Alain +5 more
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