Hypokalemic paralysis associated with cystic disease of the kidney: Case report

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Gamakaranage, Champika Sssk ^a   Rodrigo, Chaturaka ^b   Jayasinghe, Saroj ^b   Rajapakse, Senaka ^b  

^a University Medical Unit   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

hypokalemia; medullary cystic kidney; renal cysts; renal tubular acidosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM EXCRETION; CASE REPORT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCIURIA; HYPOKALEMIA; KIDNEY TUBULE ACIDOSIS; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MEDULLARY SPONGE KIDNEY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYALGIA; PARALYSIS; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM DEPLETION; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; URINE PH; URINE VOLUME; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WILSON DISEASE; BLOOD; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS;

ACIDOSIS, RENAL TUBULAR; ADULT; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARALYSIS;

EID: 79955116350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-12-16     Document Type: Article

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