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Case Reports
. 1998 Dec;14(6):409-10.
doi: 10.1097/00006565-199812000-00008.

Hypokalemic paralysis

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Case Reports

Hypokalemic paralysis

O Bello et al. Pediatr Emerg Care. 1998 Dec.

Abstract

Hypokalemia that leads to paralysis is extremely rare in children. We report a case of a young child with genetically inherited periodic hypokalemic paralysis. Hypokalemia should be considered in a child with acute onset of muscle weakness.

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