Stelios Tigas, Petros Papachilleos, Nikolaos Ligkros, Maria Andrikoula, Agathocles Tsatsoulis
Glucocorticoids are commonly used in the treatment of patients with thyroid disorders, in particular Graves’ ophthalmopathy. Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis (TPP) is an infrequent but potentially serious condition characterised by recurrent episodes of weakness associated with hypokalemia …
Theodora Pappa, Labrini Papanastasiou, Athina Markou, Ioannis Androulakis, George Kontogeorgos, Andreas Seretis, George Piaditis
Emre Gezer, Banu Şarer Yurekli, Gokçen Unal Kocabas
Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HPP) is a rare neuromuscular disorder caused by dysfunction of the ion channels in red muscle cells and which is characterized by painless episodes of muscle weakness generally after strenuous exertion or a high-carbohydrate meal …
Banu Sarer Yurekli, Nilufer Ozdemir Kutbay, Huseyin Onay, Ilgin Yildirim Simsir, Gokcen Unal Kocabas, Mehmet Erdogan, Sevki Cetinkalp, Gokhan Ozgen, Fusun Saygili
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by the loss of one of five steroidogenic enzymes affecting cortisol synthesis. Deficiency of 21-hydroxylase is the most common cause of CAH, accounting for more than 90% of all cases; it is followed in frequency by 11β-hydroxylase deficiency (11βOHD), reported to be between 3% and 5% of cases …