Thyrotoxic hypokalaemic periodic paralysis in a Turkish population: Three new case reports and analysis of the case series

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 143-152

  Cesur, Mustafa ^a   Bayram, Fahri ^b   Temel, Mehtap Akcil ^c   Ozkaya, Mesut ^d   Kocer, Abdulkadir ^e   Ertorer, Melek Eda ^c   Koc, Filiz ^f   Kaya, Ahmet ^g   Gullu, Sevim ^h  

^a UFUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^g SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROPRANOLOL; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; MALE; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 36949040588     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.03014.x     Document Type: Article

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