Population
1 23-year-old woman with Graves' thyrotoxicosis and thyrotoxic periodic paralysis presenting with episodic…
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Case_report
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Supports considering thyrotoxic periodic paralysis in episodic weakness with hypokalemia; leaves open prospective validation of curative thyroid therapy.
Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis, though rare in women, should be considered in patients presenting with episodic weakness and hypokalemia, as treatment of the underlying thyroid dysfunction is curative.
Mellgren et al. (2002) studied this question.
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