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A case of paramyotonia congenita without periodic paralysis: electrophysiological and molecular genetic studies.
The neurologist - 1 May 2010
Park Jeong Ho, Lee Young Wha, Park Sun Ah, Lee Tae Kyeong, Rho Hak Jae, Sung Ki Bum
Abstract excerpt
Paramyotonia congenita (PC), first described in 1886 by Eulenberg, is characterized by cold and exercise-induced muscle stiffness and intermittent flaccid paresis not necessarily related to cold or myotonia. Several authors segregated a pure form of PC, which has no periodic paralysis, even after cold exposure. The existence of this phenotype has been debated in the literature. We describe electrophysiological...
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