Hyperinsulinemia in thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis: 2 clinical cases
Zura, M.L.; Contreras, P.; Aguirre, C.; Piraíno, P.; Andrade, A.
Revista Medica de Chile 122(3): 309-312
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0034-9887 PMID: 7809521 Document Number: 434375
Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis is infrequent in white populations and its physiopathology is not well known. We report two white male patients (aged 25 and 29 years old) in whom hyperinsulinemia was documented during an episode of hypokalemic paralysis.