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Impairment of slow inactivation as a common mechanism for periodic paralysis in DIIS4-S5.
Neurology - 23 Apr 2002
Bendahhou S, Cummins T R, Kula R W, Fu Y-H, Ptácek L J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations in the human skeletal muscle sodium channels are associated with hyperKPP, hypoKPP, paramyotonia congenita, and potassium-aggravated myotonia. This article describes the clinical manifestations of a patient with hyperKPP carrying a mutation (L689I) occurring in the linker DIIS4-S5 and its functional expression in a mammalian system. OBJECTIVE: To correlate the clinical manifestations of...
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