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Identification and functional characterization of Kir2.6 mutations associated with non-familial hypokalemic periodic paralysis.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 5 Aug 2011
Cheng Chih-Jen, Lin Shih-Hua, Lo Yi-Fen, Yang Sung-Sen, Hsu Yu-Juei, Cannon Stephen C, Huang Chou-Long
Abstract excerpt
Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (hypoKPP) is characterized by episodic flaccid paralysis of muscle and acute hypokalemia during attacks. Familial forms of hypoKPP are predominantly caused by mutations of either voltage-gated Ca(2+) or Na(+) channels. The pathogenic gene mutation in non-familial hypoKPP, consisting mainly of thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) and sporadic periodic paralysis (SPP), is largely...
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