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Enhanced inactivation and pH sensitivity of Na(+) channel mutations causing hypokalaemic periodic paralysis type II.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Apr 2002
Kuzmenkin Alexey, Muncan Vanesa, Jurkat-Rott Karin, Hang Chao, Lerche Holger, Lehmann-Horn Frank, Mitrovic Nenad
Abstract excerpt
Hypokalaemic periodic paralysis (hypoPP) is a dominantly inherited muscle disorder characterized by episodes of flaccid weakness. Previous genetic studies revealed mutations in the voltage-gated calcium channel alpha1-subunit (CACNA1S gene) in families with hypoPP (type I). Electrophysiological studies on these mutants in different expression systems could not explain the pathophysiology of the disease. In...
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