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Nerve excitability studies characterize Kv1.1 fast potassium channel dysfunction in patients with episodic ataxia type 1.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Dec 2010
Tomlinson Susan E, Tan S Veronica, Kullmann Dimitri M, Griggs Robert C, Burke David, Hanna Michael G, Bostock Hugh
Abstract excerpt
Episodic ataxia type 1 is a neuronal channelopathy caused by mutations in the KCNA1 gene encoding the fast K(+) channel subunit K(v)1.1. Episodic ataxia type 1 presents with brief episodes of cerebellar dysfunction and persistent neuromyotonia and is associated with an increased incidence of epil...
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