%0 Journal Article
%T Familial Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis: A Case Report
%A Semih KORKUT
%A Hayati KAND£¿£¿
%A Harun G¨¹NE£¿
%A Esin KORKUT
%J Duzce Universitesi Tip Fak¨¹ltesi Dergisi
%D 2010
%I D¨¹zce ?niversity
%X Familial hypokalemic periodic paralysis is an autosomal dominantly inherited congenital diseasecharacterized by intermittent attacks of muscle weakness lasting for a few hours to a few daysand occurring a few times a year or once a day. Due to the shift of potassium into muscle cells,serum potassium level is decreased during attacks and it is in the normal range between twoattacks. A 21 year old male patient seen in the emergency department due to a hypokalemicparalysis attack occurring without any obvious triggering factor was presented in this article.
%K periodic paralysis
%K hypokalemia
%K autosomal dominant
%U http://www.tipdergi.duzce.edu.tr/dosya/20103/12.pdf