Spectrum of hypokalaemic periodic paralysis in a tertiary care centre in India

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1022, 2010, Pages 692-695

  Maurya, Pradeep Kumar ^a   Kalita, Jayantee ^a   Misra, Kant Usha ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; THYROID HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKALOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; INDIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY TUBULE ACIDOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUADRIPLEGIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TENDON REFLEX; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID CRISIS; URINALYSIS;

ACIDOSIS, RENAL TUBULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROTOXICOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649636885     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2010.104026     Document Type: Article

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