Article
Muscle channelopathies.
Neurologic clinics - 1 Aug 2014
Statland Jeffrey, Phillips Lauren, Trivedi Jaya R
Abstract excerpt
Skeletal muscle channelopathies are rare heterogeneous diseases with marked genotypic and phenotypic variability. Despite advances in understanding of the molecular pathology of these disorders, the diverse phenotypic manifestations remain a challenge in diagnosis and therapeutics. These disorders can cause lifetime disability and affect quality of life. There is no treatment of these disorders approved by the US...
Topics
- Channelopathies
- Humans
- Ion Channels
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Mutation
- Myasthenic Syndromes, Congenital
- Myotonia
- Myotonic Disorders
