Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis as the first presentation of Graves' disease: A case report

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is a rare disease seen predominantly in men of Asian origin. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with acute onset of weakness, and it is reversible after the correction of serum potassium. TPP can rarely be the initial presentation of...

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Autores principales: Al‐Mashdali, Abdulrahman F., Alfatih, Mohammed, Umer, Waseem, Eldeeb, Yasser
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10183649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37197293
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7188
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Sumario:Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is a rare disease seen predominantly in men of Asian origin. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with acute onset of weakness, and it is reversible after the correction of serum potassium. TPP can rarely be the initial presentation of Graves' disease.

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