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Mutations of sodium channel alpha-subunit genes in Chinese patients with normokalemic periodic paralysis.
Cellular and molecular neurobiology - 1 Aug 2008
Xiuhai Guo, Weiping Wu, Ke Zhu, Hongbin Wang, Yiling Si, MaoYanling
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OBJECTIVE: In this study, we aim to investigate the clinical features and Mutations of sodium channel alpha-subunit (SCN4A) genes in Chinese patients with normokalemic periodic paralysis (normoKPP). METHODS: Six unrelated Chinese families with normoKPP were analyzed in clinical features. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood leukocytes and amplified with PCR. We screened all 24 exons of SCN4A gene with...
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