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Case Reports
. 1980 Sep;43(9):818-22.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.43.9.818.

Hyperkalaemic paralysis, neuropathy and persistent motor neuron discharges at rest in Addison's disease

J J Vilchez, A Cabello, J Benedito, T Villarroya
Case Reports

Hyperkalaemic paralysis, neuropathy and persistent motor neuron discharges at rest in Addison's disease

J J Vilchez et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1980 Sep.

Abstract

A 50 year old man with Addison's disease suffered two episodes of hyperkalaemic paralysis, with delayed muscular relaxation and persistent motor neuron discharges at rest resembling the Isaacs-Mertens syndrome. Sural nerve biopsy shows a demyelinating neuropathy. The symptoms ceased after corticosteroid therapy.

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