Hypokalemic periodic paralysis: Case report.
Vol. 29 No. 3 (2020), Reportes de Casos Clínicos
Vol. 29 No. 3 (2020)

Hypokalemic periodic paralysis: Case report.

Reportes de Casos Clínicos
https://doi.org/10.46997/revecuatneurol29300097
Published 2020-12-15
Raúl Reyes-Toledo
Médico especialista en Medicina Interna, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Militar Central, Bogotá D.C., Colombia. Estudiante de medicina, Facultad de Medicina Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
Ramón Medinan-Mur
Médico especialista en Medicina Interna, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Militar Central, Bogotá D.C., Colombia. Estudiante de medicina, Facultad de Medicina Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
Laura Culma-Roa
Estudiante de medicina, Facultad de Medicina Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá D.C., Colombia.

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hypokalemic periodic paralysis
muscle weakness
voltage-gated sodium channels
voltage-dependent calcium channels
muscle excitability
channelopathies

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Reyes-Toledo, R., Medinan-Mur, R., & Culma-Roa, L. (2020). Hypokalemic periodic paralysis: Case report. Revista Ecuatoriana De Neurología, 29(3). https://doi.org/10.46997/revecuatneurol29300097
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Abstract

Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is a disease included in the skeletal muscle channelopathies, characterized by attacks of muscle weakness secondary to dysfunction of Cav1.1 calcium or Nav1.4 sodium channels. We report a case of a patient with a diagnosis of episodic hypokalemic paralysis confirmed by genetic study, and a brief discussion regarding the importance of genetic analysis, its clinical and therapeutic implications.

https://doi.org/10.46997/revecuatneurol29300097