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  • Title: Purgatives and periodic paralysis.
    Author: Basser LS.
    Journal: Med J Aust; 1979 Jan 27; 1(2):47-8. PubMed ID: 423833.
    Abstract:
    A married woman, aged 42, had suffered attacks of muscular weakness. She was found to have profound hypokalaemia. This was due to chronic purgative abuse. There was a prompt response to treatment. The case raises issues of theoretical and practical importance.
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