Periodic Paralysis: A Case Report of Normokalemic Presentation in a Young Girl
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Muscular channelopathies may have two different clinical manifestations: sudden attacks of flaccid transient paralysis...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biomedical Journal of Scientific and Technical Research
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2574-1241']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26717/bjstr.2021.35.005673