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Biophysical characterization of M1476I, a sodium channel founder mutation associated with cold-induced myotonia in French Canadians.
The Journal of physiology - 1 Jun 2012
Zhao Juan, Duprè Nicolas, Puymirat Jack, Chahine Mohamed
Abstract excerpt
M1476I, a French Canadian founder mutation of Na⁺ channel Nav1.4, causes potassium-aggravated myotonia, with cold-induced myotonia as the most distinctive clinical feature. Mexiletine, a class 1B local anaesthetic, relieves the myotonic symptoms of patients carrying the M1476I mutation. We used the patch-clamp method to investigate the functional characteristics of this mutation by heterologous expression in...
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