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Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis Secondary to Renal Tubular Acidosis

Knud Stenild Christensen

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A 62-year-old woman with distal renal tubular acidosis (RTA) and hypokalemic muscle paralysis is described. As neither the history nor the clinical examination can differentiate between hypokalemic paralysis caused by RTA and that of familial hypokalemic paralysis, and because the emergency as well as prophylactic treatment of the two disorders are quite different, a simple differential diagnostic workup is emphasized.

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A 62-year-old woman with distal renal tubular acidosis (RTA) and hypokalemic muscle paralysis is described. As neither the history nor the clinical examination can differentiate between hypokalemic paralysis caused by RTA and that of familial hypokalemic paralysis, and because the emergency as well as prophylactic treatment of the two disorders are quite different, a simple differential diagnostic workup is emphasized.

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A 62-year-old woman with distal renal tubular acidosis (RTA) and hypokalemic muscle paralysis is described. As neither the history nor the clinical examination can differentiate between hypokalemic paralysis caused by RTA and that of familial hypokalemic paralysis, and because the emergency as well as prophylactic treatment of the two disorders are quite different, a simple differential diagnostic workup is emphasized.

Key concepts: Hypokalemic periodic paralysis, Renal tubular acidosis, Distal renal tubular acidosis, Medicine, Paralysis, Differential diagnosis, Acidosis, Periodic paralysis

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