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Hypokalemic thyrotoxic periodic paralysis: a case report and review
Christopher Dietrich1, Carol Miles, Richard Barth
1Department of Neurosciences, USDSM, Sioux Falls, SD, USA.
South Dakota Journal of Medicine
|April 2, 2002
Abstract:
Hypokalemic thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (HTPP) is a rare disorder affecting primarily men of Asian descent. Males are 20 times more likely to be affected than females. The following case describes a young Native American female with HTPP.