Familial hypokalemic periodic paralysis in blacks.
Two cases of familial hypokalemic periodic paralysis in Negro brothers occurred, and--because this has been reported to be an unusual disease among blacks--the family pedigree was investigated. Histories were obtained on 79 family members in four generations. Twenty seven (34%) had symptoms of periodic paralysis or weakness. As far as we could determine, there were no Caucasian ancestors.
D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010245:Paralyses, Familial Periodic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D010375:Pedigree