Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis presenting as hypokalemic periodic paralysis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1326-1328

  Laroia, Sandeep T ^a,b   Zaw, Khin M ^a,b   Ganti, Apar Kishor ^a,b   Newman, William ^a,b   Akinwande, Akindolapo O ^a,b  

^a UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Southeast Campus   (United States)

^b Fargo VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; POTASSIUM; THIAMAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LUNG TOXICITY; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM DEPLETION; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREMOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0036873458     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200295110-00018     Document Type: Article

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