CLINICAL ANALYSIS OF 59 CASE OF GRAVES DISEASE WITH PERIODIC PARALYSIS
- VernacularTitle:Graves病合并周期性麻痹59例分析
- Author:
Chaoying PENG
;
Chuanqiang PU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
periodic paralysis;
graves's disease;
diagnosis;
hypokalemia
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
2001;0(07):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
This is to study the clinical features of thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) caused by Graves′ disease. Fifty-nine patients, accounting for 25.4% of 232 patients with Graves′ disease, were found to be suffering from TPP. Among them, 58 were male and one was female. 54 patients were young men (age 19～45) (91.5%). Hypokalemia was found in 53 cases (89.8%) during episodes of paralysis. The results indicate that the rate of TPP caused by Graves′ disease is 25.4%, and it occurs mainly in young men(98.3%). Hypokalemic periodic paralysis was the most common type of TPP.
