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A Clinical Entity

Allan E. Rubenstein, MD; Stanley F. Wainapel, MD

Arch Neurol. 1977;34(9):553-555.

Abstract
• Two cases of an acute myopathy without muscle pain, tenderness, or swelling are described in alcoholic patients. Both were associated with severe hypokalemia and were largely reversible with potassium repletion. Hypokalemia may be the cause of some cases of acute myopathy in alcoholism, particularly those in which muscle cramps are absent.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Neurology, Mt Sinai School of Medicine, and the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 7, 1977.

Reprint requests to Department of Neurology, Mt Sinai School of Medicine, 100th St and Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10029 (Dr Rubenstein).

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