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Clinical and molecular analysis of chinese patients with thyrotoxic periodic paralysis.
European neurology - 1 Jan 2003
Chen L, Lang D, Ran X W, Joncourt F, Gallati S, Burgunder J-M
Abstract excerpt
Although sporadic thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) has a much higher prevalence in Asian than in all the other populations studied so far, it is also increasingly being seen at the emergency departments of the West, hence, it is vital to stress the importance of recognizing it. TPP shares some similarities with hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HOKPP). However, the pathophysiology of TPP and the reasons for this...
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