TY - JOUR
T1 - On the beneficial action of acetazolamide in hypokalemic periodic paralysis
T2 - study of the carbohydrate metabolism
AU - Viskoper, R. J.
AU - Fidel, J.
AU - Horn, T.
PY - 1973/1/1
Y1 - 1973/1/1
N2 - Carbohydrate metabolism was studied in a family (a mother and her three sons) suffering from hypokalemic periodic paralysis. The levels of insulin, growth hormone, and 11 oxycorticosteroid were found to be normal. Glucose load did not induce hypokalemia, nor did it cause muscle weakness. Electromyographic examinations performed in three of the patients showed a paucity of functioning motor units in each patient. The disturbed EMG improved considerably during acetazolamide treatment and in response to an ammonium chloride load.
AB - Carbohydrate metabolism was studied in a family (a mother and her three sons) suffering from hypokalemic periodic paralysis. The levels of insulin, growth hormone, and 11 oxycorticosteroid were found to be normal. Glucose load did not induce hypokalemia, nor did it cause muscle weakness. Electromyographic examinations performed in three of the patients showed a paucity of functioning motor units in each patient. The disturbed EMG improved considerably during acetazolamide treatment and in response to an ammonium chloride load.
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U2 - 10.1097/00000441-197308000-00006
DO - 10.1097/00000441-197308000-00006
M3 - Article
C2 - 4742366
AN - SCOPUS:0015891949
SN - 0002-9629
VL - 266
SP - 125
EP - 129
JO - American Journal of the Medical Sciences
JF - American Journal of the Medical Sciences
IS - 2
ER -