Hypokalaemic paralysis

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 882, 1999, Pages 193-197

  Ahlawat, Sushil K ^a,c   Sachdev, Anita ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Sector 24 A ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Hypokalaemia; Periodic paralysis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BARIUM; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE; TRIAMTERENE;

DIET; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PERIODIC PARALYSIS; POTASSIUM DEPLETION; REVIEW; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

EID: 0033012447     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.882.193     Document Type: Review

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