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Acetazolamide efficacy in hypokalemic periodic paralysis and the predictive role of genotype.
Neurology - 29 Nov 2011
Matthews E, Portaro S, Ke Q, Sud R, Haworth A, Davis M B, Griggs R C, Hanna M G
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OBJECTIVES: Acetazolamide has been the most commonly used treatment for hypokalemic periodic paralysis since 1968. However, its mechanism of efficacy is not fully understood, and it is not known whether therapy response relates to genotype. We undertook a clinical and genetic study to evaluate th...
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