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

BACKGROUND: Severe hypokalemia is known to cause muscle paralysis, and renal tubular acidosis is a recognized cause. Cystic disease of the kidney is associated with severe hypokalemia. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a 33-year-old male patient who presented with generalized limb weakness caused by seve...

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Autores principales: Gamakaranage, Champika SSSK, Rodrigo, Chaturaka, Jayasinghe, Saroj, Rajapakse, Senaka
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3095547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21501478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-12-16