Paralysis after treatment for thyrotoxicosis

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 861, 1997, Pages 445-447

  Janssen, Hla ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hyperthyroidism; Hypoka laemia; Paralysis; Thyrotoxicosis

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROPRANOLOL; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROXINE; TIAMIZIDE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOKALEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRURITUS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SHORT SURVEY; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 0030753945     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.73.861.445     Document Type: Short Survey

References (1)

1. Ober KP. Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis in the United States. Report of 7 cases and review of the literature. Mediane 1992; 71: 109-20.