title: Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis.
abstract: Periodic flaccid paralysis of skeletal muscle occurring in a thyrotoxic patient, an unusual and dramatic event, is seen predominantly in Oriental men. It is important to remember the clinical association between periodic paralysis and thyrotoxicosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Lawrence
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chwa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balagtas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D010507:Periodicity; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis / Q000150:complications*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013974:Thyroxine