title: Hypokalemic periodic paralysis: two case reports.
abstract: We report two cases of hypokalemic periodic paralysis in children presenting to the emergency department with diffuse weakness and no antecedent history of neurologic disease. The literature is briefly reviewed. Any child with acute weakness and normal mental status should undergo serum potassium determination to allow prompt diagnosis and therapy.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schiller
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Auerbach
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D010245:Paralyses, Familial Periodic / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D010243:Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis