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Progressive muscle atrophy with hypokalemic periodic paralysis and calcium channel mutation.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Jan 2008
Meyer Thomas, Jurkat-Rott Karin, Huebner Angela, Lehmann-Horn Frank, Linke Peter, Van Landeghem Frank, Dullinger Jörn S, Spuler Simone
Abstract excerpt
A family with hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HypoPP) and motor neuron degeneration is reported. In conjunction with HypoPP, the index patient developed progressive muscle atrophy. The calcium channel gene CACNA1S showed a mutation encoding p.R528H, which has been related previously to HypoPP. We propose that CACNA1S mutations may comprise a previously unrecognized genetic risk factor in a greater spectrum of...
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