Pot Paresis: Marijuana and a case of Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 236-238

  Feldman, Mark L ^a   Hadfield, Sarah ^a  

^a WHANGAREI HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

hypokalemia; hypokalemic periodic paralysis; marijuana; periodic paralysis; thyrotoxicosis

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; CANNABIS SMOKING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; MALE; PARESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARBOHYDRATES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARAPARESIS, SPASTIC;

EID: 62749135966     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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