Nondystrophic myotonia: challenges and future directions.

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Non-dystrophic myotonias are rare diseases caused by mutations in skeletal muscle chloride and sodium ion channels with considerable phenotypic overlap between diseases. Common symptoms include muscle stiffness, transitory weakness, fatigue, and pain. Although seldom life-shortening, these myotonias cause life-time disability and affected individuals cannot perform many daily activities. A notable feature of the...

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