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[A case of familial hypokalemic periodic paralysis with hyperuricemia during paralytic attack and genetic analysis of the pedigree].
Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology - 1 Jul 2001
Katsuno M, Ando T, Hakusui S, Yanagi T, Adachi Y, Sobue G
Abstract excerpt
We reported a 13-year-old boy and his family with hypokalemic periodic paralysis. He showed marked hyperuricemia during his paralytic attack, although neither ischemic forearm exercise test nor bicycle-ergometer exercise test revealed myogenic hyperuricemia when he was free from paralysis. Genetic analysis was performed to the proband and his affected elder brother, mother, and, maternal grand mother. We found...
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