Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis in a white woman

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 925, 2002, Pages 687-688

  Dixon, A N ^a   Jones, R ^a  

^a PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIMAZOLE; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SUPPLEMENTATION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTOXICOSIS;

ADULT; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; CARBIMAZOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; PARALYSES, FAMILIAL PERIODIC; QUADRIPLEGIA; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036872453     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.78.925.687     Document Type: Article

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