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Normokalemic periodic paralysis is not a distinct disease.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Dec 2012
Song Young-Wha, Kim Sung-Jo, Heo Tae-Hwe, Kim Man-Ho, Kim June-Bum
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INTRODUCTION: Recent molecular studies of the original cases of normokalemic periodic paralysis (normoKPP) have raised suspicions that these families actually had hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (hyperKPP) due to mutations in the skeletal muscle sodium channel gene SCN4A. However, there is still a debate about the existence of normoKPP. METHODS: We screened 230 individuals with primary periodic paralysis for...
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