title: Hypokalemic periodic paralysis in a hyperthyroid black woman.
abstract: In this case of periodic paralysis and thyrotoxicosis, investigation of the patient's family revealed other members similarly affected. To the best of the authors' knowledge, it represents the first reported instance of this familial association in the case of a black woman.
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Hackshaw
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Coker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000235:genetics*; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000235:genetics*; D010245:Paralyses, Familial Periodic / Q000235:genetics*