Open AccessFamilial ‘Hashitoxic’ Periodic Paralysis
Author(s) -
Alexander K. C. Leung
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of the royal society of medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1758-1095
pISSN - 0141-0768
DOI - 10.1177/014107688507800808
Subject(s) - thyrotoxic periodic paralysis , medicine , periodic paralysis , paralysis , thyroiditis , pediatrics , graves' disease , thyroid , surgery
Four members of a Chinese family who had thyrotoxicosis and periodic paralysis are described. Two of these patients had "hashitoxicosis' (Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis) as evidenced by the presence of thyroid antibodies in addition to elevated thyroxine (T4) levels. The other two patients were not available for testing. The association of the familial occurrence of "hashitoxicosis' and periodic paralysis does not appear to have been reported previously.
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