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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
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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...
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