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Linkage data suggesting allelic heterogeneity for paramyotonia congenita and hyperkalemic periodic paralysis on chromosome 17.
Human genetics - 1 Nov 1991
Koch M C, Ricker K, Otto M, Grimm T, Bender K, Zoll B, Harper P S, Lehmann-Horn F, Rüdel R, Hoffman E P
Abstract excerpt
Paramyotonia congenita (PC), an autosomal dominant non-progressive muscle disorder, is characterised by cold-induced stiffness followed by muscle weakness. The weakness is caused by a dysfunction of the sodium channel in muscle fibre. Parts of the gene coding for the alpha-subunit of the sodium channel of the adult human skeletal muscle (SCN4A) have been localised on chromosome 17. To investigate the role of this...
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