Population
1 patient, 33-year-old Caucasian man presenting with sudden onset flaccid paralysis and undetectable serum…
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to hypokalaemic periodic paralysis in unexplained adult paralysis; leaves open optimal lifelong prophylaxis strategies.
Hypokalaemic periodic paralysis should be considered as a differential diagnosis in young patients presenting with sudden flaccid paralysis, which can be easily excluded by checking serum potassium levels.
Liam J Stapleton (2017) studied this question.
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