Exercise test in the inter-attack period of thyrotoxic periodic paralysis: a useful diagnostic tool.
Exercise test was reported to be useful for some patients with periodic paralysis. We report here the results of exercise test in three cases of thyrotoxic periodic paralysis, for whom the exercise test was all positive. Exercise test could be one of the diagnostic tools in the "inter-attack" state of the probable cases with thyrotoxic periodic paralysis. However, the case number of this study is small and larger-scale studies may be warranted in the future.
Tsai
Meng-Han
MH
Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Chang
Wen-Neng
WN
Lu
Cheng-Hsien
CH
Chuang
Yao-Chung
YC
Chen
Shang-Der
SD
Lee
Lian-Hui
LH
Lin
Tsu-Kung
TK
Huang
Chi-Ren
CR
D000200:Action Potentials; D000328:Adult; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D020514:Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology