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When Your Thyroid Causes Muscle Paralysis

Background: Periodic paralysis represents a spectrum of disorders characterized by ion channel dysfunction, mainly Na-K-ATPase channels. Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TTP) is defined by the presence of hypokalemia and diffuse muscular paralysis in a pre-existing hyperthyroid state. Diagnosis can be...

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Autores principales: Gandhi, Anand, Al-Maradni, Ahmad, Vinales, Karyne Lima, Correa, Ricardo Rafael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8090400/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvab048.1987