Potassium shift in thyrotoxic periodic paralysis
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- 1 April 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Vol. 57 (666) , 238-239
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.57.666.238
Abstract
Summary: A thyrotoxic patient who initially presented with periodic paralysis is described. Precipitation of an attack by a high carbohydrate diet was associated with only a modest fall in plasma potassium but with a marked rise in total blood cell potassium.Keywords
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