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Hypokalaemic periodic paralysis type 2 caused by mutations at codon 672 in the muscle sodium channel gene SCN4A.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Jun 2001
Sternberg D, Maisonobe T, Jurkat-Rott K, Nicole S, Launay E, Chauveau D, Tabti N, Lehmann-Horn F, Hainque B, Fontaine B
Abstract excerpt
Hypokalaemic periodic paralysis (hypoPP) is an autosomal dominant muscle disorder characterized by episodic attacks of muscle weakness associated with a decrease in blood potassium levels. Mutations in the gene encoding the skeletal muscle voltage-gated calcium channel alpha-1 subunit (CACNL1A3) account for the majority of cases. Recently, mutations in the gene coding for the skeletal muscle voltage-gated sodium...
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