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272170

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-3-29
pubmed:abstractText
Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is produced by a different metabolic disorder than familial periodic paralysis. In the familial disorder, a myopathic cause is well known, but although electromyography can be used to demonstrate the site of the lesion in TPP, such studies are rare in the medical literature and the results are conflicting. In this report, EMG studies were carried out on eight Chinese patients with thyrotoxic periodic paralysis during the attack and the results compared with studies repeated during a remission. Most cases showed a myopathic pattern during an attack of paralysis which disappeared during remission. The myopathic changes noted were a decrease in duration of muscle action potentials, an increase in polyphasic potentials, a satisfactory interference pattern with reduced amplitude and a reduced amplitude of the evoked muscle action potential on nerve stimulation. Peripheral nerve function was normal in the cases studied. It is concluded that the weakness in TPP is myopathic and that the peripheral nerve function during paralysis is normal.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0004-8291
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
507-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Electromyographic (EMG) study in thyrotoxic periodic paralysis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article