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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 9 Hypokalemic periodic paralysis 34 cases [Keywords:] Clinical analysis of hypokalemic periodic paralysis Periodic paralysis is a common neuromuscular disease, skeletal muscle to repeated sudden flaccid paralysis characterized by seizures accompanied by changes in serum potassium levels, according to attack the level of serum potassium concentration can be divided into: low potassium resistance, high potassium and normal potassium, so as to hypokalemic periodic paralysis is common. hypokalemic periodic paralysis (Hypokalemic periodic paralysis, HypoPP is a kind of recurrent flaccid paralysis of skeletal muscle disease characterized attack when accompanied by lower serum potassium, is an autosomal dominant genetic disease, disseminated in our country, is the common emergency, the condition can cause severe respiratory muscle paralysis and cardiac arrest, early diagnosis and treatment on the prognosis of the disease is essential Determination of serum potassium and attack characteristic ECG changes of diagnostic significance. 1 Clinical data 1.1 General information on cases for the July 2006 to June 2008 in our hospital emergency department treatment of 34 cases of hypokalemic periodic paralysis patients. All the patients in this group were acute onset, treatment for sexual weakness, the investigation of serum potassium were lower than normal (3.5 ~ 5.5mmol / L, the lowest 1.3mmol / L, all patients found lt;lt;Practical Neurologygt;gt; Version 3 proposed diagnostic criteria [1]. 1.2 Characteristics of 34 cases cases cases, 29 males and 5 females, male to female ratio of 5.8:1, age 15 to 61 years, mean 40 years, 20 years of age in 2 cases (5.88%, 21 ~ 30 15 cases (44.12%, 31 to 40 years old in 12 cases (35.29%, 41 to 50 years in 4 cases (11.76%, over the age of 51, in 1 case (2.94%, the first incidence of 23 cases (67.65%, again the incidence of 11 cases (32.35 %, accompanied by hyperthyroidism in 8 cases (23.53%, a positive fam