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The Aetiological, Clinical and Metabolic Profile of Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis in an Indian Population

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Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HPP) represents a heterogeneous group of disorders that presents with acute muscular weakness. Familial periodic paralysis is the commonest cause of hypokalemic periodic paralysis in Caucasians and thyrotoxic paralysis in the Orientals. In this analysis, we have complied the etiological factors that appear to be more dominant in Indian population