Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (2)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Sinharay, R.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Sinharay, R.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Q J Med 2003; 96: 611-613
© 2003 Association of Physicians

Correspondence

Hypokalaemic thyrotoxic periodic paralysis in the UK

The first 10% of the full text of this article appears below.

Sir,

I read with interest the article ‘Severe hypokalaemia in a Chinese male’ by Lin et al.1 In Western countries, most cases of hypokalaemic periodic paralysis (HPP) are due to autosomal dominant familial periodic paralysis (FPP), but in an Asian population, thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is the most common cause.1–5 The age of onset, race, family history, medications and underlying disease states can help in identifying the cause of HPP.6 Initial therapy of the patient with HPP includes potassium (K+) replacement and search for underlying aetiology. Further management depends on the aetiology of hypokalaemia.6 TPP is common in Asian and Hispanic individuals, and uncommon in Whites and Afro-Americans.1–5,8,9 As patients of Oriental ethnicity are . . . [Full Text of this Article]

R. Sinharay

Department of Medicine
Tameside General Hospital
Ashton-under-Lyne
e-mail: ranjitsinharay@hotmail.com


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?