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FAMILIAL HYPOKALAEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS IN PAPUA NUIGINIANS—A REAPPRAISAL
Author(s) -
Britton W. J.,
Satchell P. M.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb99277.x
Subject(s) - periodic paralysis , paralysis , medicine , surgery
Studies of 11 Papua Nuiginians with recurrent muscular paralysis are presented. The clinical pattern, the geographical clustering, the lack of relation with dietary change, and the normal aldosterone levels in two patients support the view that it is a variant of familial hypokalaemic periodic paralysis.