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A novel mutation in CLCN1 associated with feline myotonia congenita.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Gandolfi Barbara, Daniel Rob J, O'Brien Dennis P, Guo Ling T, Youngs Melanie D, Leach Stacey B, Jones Boyd R, Shelton G Diane, Lyons Leslie A
Abstract excerpt
Myotonia congenita (MC) is a skeletal muscle channelopathy characterized by inability of the muscle to relax following voluntary contraction. Worldwide population prevalence in humans is 1:100,000. Studies in mice, dogs, humans and goats confirmed myotonia associated with functional defects in chloride channels and mutations in a skeletal muscle chloride channel (CLCN1). CLCN1 encodes for the most abundant...
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