... in small groups of patients. Weakness or paralysis with appropriate changes in serum K concentration resulted from ACTH gel administration, in 4 of 5 patients with known hypokalemic periodic paralysis and in 3 of 3 patients with hyperkalemic paralysis. No adverse effects of the test were observed...

...Jacques De Keyser; Johan Smitz; Ronald Malfait; Andre Van Steirteghem; Guy Ebinger We studied the hormonal changes during a spontaneous attack of hypokalemic periodic paralysis in a 20-year-old man, before and after treatment with potassium chloride. During paralysis, we observed high circulating...

...Nobuhiko Sunohara; Eijiro Satoyoshi A case of triiodothyronine (T 3 ) toxicosis associated with hypokalemic periodic paralysis is reported. Thyrotoxic manifestation was minimal except for mild struma. Serum T 3 levels were moderately elevated, though other thyroid function tests were within...

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...Menachem Sadeh; Abraham Ohry; Ida Sarova-Pinhas; Jackson Braham A case is reported of a 46-year-old male who has been suffering from recurrent episodes of quadriplegia, characteristic of hypokalemic periodic paralysis, for 28 years. During this period he has developed typical signs and symptoms...