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Sodium channel inactivation defects are associated with acetazolamide-exacerbated hypokalemic periodic paralysis.
Annals of neurology - 1 Sept 2001
Bendahhou S, Cummins T R, Griggs R C, Fu Y H, Ptácek L J
Abstract excerpt
A novel mutation in a family with hypokalemic periodic paralysis is described. The mutation R672S is located in the voltage sensor segment S4 of domain II in the SCN4A gene encoding the human skeletal muscle voltage-gated sodium channel. Functional expression of the R672S channels in human embryonic kidney 293 cells revealed a small but significant hyperpolarizing shift in the steady-state fast inactivation, and...
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