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Novel mutation in KCNA1 causes episodic ataxia with paroxysmal dyspnea.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Mar 2008
Shook Steven J, Mamsa Hafsa, Jen Joanna C, Baloh Robert W, Zhou Lan
Abstract excerpt
Episodic ataxia type 1 (EA1) is an autosomal-dominant neurological disease caused by point mutations in the potassium channel-encoding gene KCNA1. It is characterized by attacks of ataxia and continuous myokymia. Respiratory muscle involvement has not been previously reported in EA1. We clinically evaluated a family with features of EA1 and paroxysmal shortness of breath. Coding and flanking intronic regions of...
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