Etiological spectrum of hypokalemic paralysis: A retrospective analysis of 29 patients

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 365-370

  Garg, Ravindra Kumar ^a   Malhotra, Hardeep Singh ^a   Verma, Rajesh ^a   Sharma, Pawan ^a   Singh, Maneesh Kumar ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acute flaccid paralysis; dengue virus; hypokalemia; hypokalemic paralysis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; POTASSIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DENGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; KIDNEY TUBULE ACIDOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; SUPPLEMENTATION; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 84883718093     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.116934     Document Type: Article

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