An unusual diagnostic of quadriparesia: Hyperkalemic paralysis. Report of four non-familial cases;Un diagnostic inhabituel de quadriparésie: l'Hyperkaliémie paralysante. À propos de quatre cas non familiaux

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-151

  Desport, E ^a   Leroy, J ^a   Nanadoumgar, H ^a   Chatellier, D ^a   Robert, R ^a  

^a University of Poitiers   (France)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Iatrogenic disease; Tetraparesis

Indexed keywords

SPIRONOLACTONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; MALE; PERIODIC PARALYSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA;

AGED; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRIPLEGIA;

EID: 31944441166     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: 17683122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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