Unusual causes of hypokalaemia and paralysis

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 181-192

  Alazami, M ^a   Lin, S H ^b   Cheng, C J ^b   Davids, M R ^c   Halperin, Mitchell L ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMPHETAMINE; ANTIPORTER; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CAFFEINE; CATECHOLAMINE; COCAINE; ISOPRENALINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM ION; PROPRANOLOL; SALBUTAMOL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN; THEOBROMINE; THEOPHYLLINE; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; KETOACIDOSIS; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; PERIODIC PARALYSIS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM CELL LEVEL; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEATING; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 33645301010     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcl011     Document Type: Article

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