Article
Myotonia congenita.
Advances in genetics - 1 Jan 2008
Lossin Christoph, George Alfred L
Abstract excerpt
Myotonia is a symptom of many different acquired and genetic muscular conditions that impair the relaxation phase of muscular contraction. Myotonia congenita is a specific inherited disorder of muscle membrane hyperexcitability caused by reduced sarcolemmal chloride conductance due to mutations in CLCN1, the gene coding for the main skeletal muscle chloride channel ClC-1. The disorder may be transmitted as either...
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