Paroxysmal muscle weakness: the familial periodic paralyses.

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The familial periodic paralyses (PP) were commonly considered to be benign diseases since frequency and severity of the paralytic attacks decrease in adulthood. However, with increasing age, a third of the patients develop permanent weakness and muscle degeneration with fatty replacement. Another complication, cardiac arrhythmia, can result from the dyskalemia during paralytic attacks. The familial PP are typical...

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