Article
Gender differences in penetrance and phenotype in hypokalemic periodic paralysis.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Jan 2013
Ke Qing, Luo Benyan, Qi Ming, Du Yue, Wu Weiping
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HypoPP) is an autosomal dominant skeletal muscle ion channelopathy. Sex hormones are natural ion channel regulators. Different sex hormones have different effects on ion channels. A comparison of the penetrance and phenotype between males and females with HypoPP mutations should aid in proving that sex hormones play different roles in HypoPP and also provide the basis...
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