in a 19 yr old male with familial hyperkalemic periodic paralysis , paralysis was consistently induced by the administration of potassium chloride , corticotropin-gel , and a variety of glucocorticoids ( dexamethasone , 6-methylprednisolone , triamcinolone ) but not by mineralocorticoids ( d-aldosterone , deoxycorticosterone ) or by adrenocorticotropin ( acth ) -gel plus metyrapone .
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familial hyperkalemic periodic paralysis
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potassium chloride