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Severe exacerbation of Andersen-Tawil syndrome secondary to thyrotoxicosis.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Aug 2014
Díaz-Manera Jordi, Querol Luis, Alejaldre Aída, Rojas-García Ricard, Ramos-Fransi Alba, Gallardo Eduard, Illa Isabel
Abstract excerpt
Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is a rare complication of hyperthyroidism characterized by episodes of weakness. Although TPP has been described in patients all over the world, it is especially frequent in Asiatic patients. Recently, two genomewide association studies have found a susceptibility locus on chromosome 17q24.3 near the KCNJ2 gene, which is responsible for another cause of periodic paralysis, the...
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