Thyrotoxic hypokalaemic paralysis in a pregnant Afro-Carribean woman : A case report and review of the literature

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-49

  Iheonunekwu, N C ^a   Ibrahim, T M ^a   Davies, D ^a   Pickering, K ^a  

^a Peebles Hospital   (Virgin Islands (British))

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CARBIMAZOLE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROPRANOLOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TUSCOSED; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL AMERICA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOKALEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PERIODIC PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREGNANCY; PROTEINURIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; REFLEX DISORDER; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TEA; THIRST; THYROTOXICOSIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY FREQUENCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; CARBIMAZOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; PARALYSIS; POTASSIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 1842637473     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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