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Gordon P. Guthrie, Jr, MD; John J. Curtis, MD; Kenneth M. Beilman, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1978;138(8):1284-1285.

Abstract
A patient with thyrotoxicosis from Graves' disease had concomitant muscular paralysis, hypophosphatemia, and severe hypokalemia. The parallel depression and return to normal of these electrolyte abnormalities and his neurologic status suggested that cellular ion influx was related to the paralysis.

(Arch Intern Med 138:1284-1285, 1978)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 20, 1978.

Reprint requests to Department of Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose St Lexington, KY 40506 (Dr Guthrie).

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