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The clinical and genetic features in a cohort of mainland Chinese patients with thyrotoxic periodic paralysis

BACKGROUND: Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is a life-threatening channelopathy manifesting as recurrent episodes of hypokalemia and muscle weakness in the presence of hyperthyroidism. Recent findings indicate defects of inward rectifying K+ (Kir) channels are associated with some TPP patients....

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Autores principales: Li, Xiaobing, Yao, Sheng, Xiang, Yining, Zhang, Xiaolei, Wu, Xiangbing, Luo, Laimin, Huang, Haihua, Zhu, Min, Wan, Hui, Hong, Daojun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4371807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25885757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-015-0290-8