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Pop-provoked paralysis: silent Graves’ disease presenting as thyrotoxic periodic paralysis

A 48-year-old Filipino man presented after several episodes of worsening limb paralysis that occurred after drinking cola beverages. In the emergency department he was found to be hypokalaemic, and although he exhibited no symptoms of thyrotoxicosis he was biochemically hyperthyroid. Thyroid stimula...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Sehmer, Benjamin, Arnason, Terra
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4543322/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23203166
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2012-006292
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