Abstract
A girl with periodic weakness since the age of two, is presented. Not until four years after the first symptoms appeared hypokalaemic periodic paralysis was diagnosed. Some aspects of this disease are discussed.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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English Abstract
MeSH terms
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Child
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Electrocardiography
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Electromyography
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Female
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Humans
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Hypokalemia / complications
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Hypokalemia / diagnosis*
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Paralyses, Familial Periodic / diagnosis*
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Paralyses, Familial Periodic / drug therapy
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Paralyses, Familial Periodic / etiology
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Potassium / blood
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Potassium / therapeutic use