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The exercise test as a monitor of disease status in hypokalaemic periodic paralysis.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Mar 2004
Tengan C H, Antunes A C, Gabbai A A, Manzano G M
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate exercise test responses in hypokalaemic periodic paralysis (HPP), to determine its value as a diagnostic tool and the factors that could affect the responses. METHODS: 22 subjects were studied from two families with HPP caused by R528H mutation, four patients with thyrotoxic periodic paralysis, 15 normal controls, and four controls with hyperthyroidism. All family members were submitted to...
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