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The alpha(1S) subunit of the L-type calcium channel is not a predisposition gene for thyrotoxic periodic paralysis.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Feb 2007
Tang Nelson L S, Chow C C, Ko Gary T C, Tai Morris H L, Kwok Rachel, Yao X Q, Cockram Clive S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TTP) has been associated with genetic variations in the gene encoding the alpha 1 subunit of the L-type calcium channel (CACNA1S). Mutations in CACNA1S are known to account for the majority of cases of familial hypokalaemic periodic paralysis (HOKPP). In this study we have examined 48 genetic polymorphisms in the CACNA1S gene and genotyped a tagging set of representative...
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