Population
29-year-old male presenting with sudden onset paralysis of extremities, markedly low potassium level, and…
Design
Case_report
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Raises awareness for potassium repletion in acute paralysis; leaves open need for larger studies on thyroid associations.
Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is a rare cause of sudden onset weakness that can be associated with thyroid disease and resolves with potassium repletion.
Soule et al. (2008) studied this question.
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