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[Recent progress on the searchs of pathogenesis of thyrotoxic periodic paralysis].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Dec 2006
Shishiba Yoshiaki
Abstract excerpt
In Japan, more than 60% of hypokalemic periodic paralysis is thyrotoxic instead of familial type frequently experienced in Caucasian countries. The pathogenesis of familial hypokalemic periodic paralysis (FHPP) has been elucidated to be due to the mutation of one of the genes in either Ca(CACN1AS), Na(SCN4A) or K channel(KCNE3). Clinical features of thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is very similar to that of...
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