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Flecainide-Responsive Myotonia Permanens With SNEL Onset: A New Case and Literature Review.
Pediatrics - 1 Apr 2016
Portaro Simona, Rodolico Carmelo, Sinicropi Stefano, Musumeci Olimpia, Valenzise Mariella, Toscano Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Sodium channel myotonias are inherited muscle diseases linked to mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel. These diseases may also affect newborns with variable symptoms. More recently, severe neonatal episodic laryngospasm (SNEL) has been described in a small number of patients. A timely diagnosis of SNEL is crucial because a specific treatment is now available that will likely reduced laryngospasm and...
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