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  • Title: Generalized epilepsy in a patient with hypokalemic periodic paralysis and cardiac arrhythmia.
    Author: Miura T, Nozawa A, Ishiyama N, Shimamoto K, Iimura O, Tamiya M.
    Journal: Jpn J Med; 1983 Apr; 22(2):125-8. PubMed ID: 6865105.
    Abstract:
    A 17-year-old female who had Hypokalemic periodic paralysis with arrhythmia developed syncopal attacks. Although syncope in this rare disorder has been attributed to ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation, the clinical manifestation, electroencephalogram, serum electrolytes and blood sugar at the attack, and the results of lumbar puncture indicated that idiopathic generalized epilepsy was the cause of the syncopal attacks in the present case. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of the association of epilepsy with periodic paralysis and arrhythmia in the literature.
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