Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis with Thyroid Storm as the First Presentation of Graves’ disease; a Case Report

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is a rare endocrine emergency that manifests as acute onset muscle weakness and hypokalaemia secondary to thyrotoxicosis. It mainly occurs due to rapid and dramatic intracellular shift of potassium resulting in hypokalaemia and acute flaccid paralysis. This condition pr...

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Autores principales: Banavathu, Tejaswee, Tripathi, Swapnil, Sukhadiya, Pankaj, Ahari, Kamlesh, Meena, Durga Shankar, Garg, Mahendra Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8035699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33870206
http://dx.doi.org/10.22037/aaem.v9i1.1083

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