Apparently persistent weakness after recurrent hypokalemic paralysis: A tale of two disorders

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 940-942

  Ramachandiran, Nandhagopal ^a,b  

^a SVIMS   (India)

^b 2221 Wesbrook Mall   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distal renal tubular acidosis type I; Hypokalemic paralysis; Osteomalacia; Sj gren syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; AUTOANTIBODY; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANION GAP; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BONE PAIN; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CASE REPORT; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; DRY EYE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERCALCIURIA; HYPERCHLOREMIC ACIDOSIS; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; KIDNEY TUBULE ACIDOSIS; LEG MUSCLE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPENIA; PAIN; PELVIS; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHIRMER TEST; SINUS RHYTHM; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; T WAVE; URINE PH; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; XEROSTOMIA; BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS;

ACIDOSIS, RENAL TUBULAR; ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; OSTEOMALACIA; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 53449084696     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181809186     Document Type: Article

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