Periodic paralysis.

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The periodic paralyses are a group of skeletal muscle channelopathies characterizeed by intermittent attacks of muscle weakness often associated with altered serum potassium levels. The underlying genetic defects include mutations in genes encoding the skeletal muscle calcium channel Cav1.1, sodium channel Nav1.4, and potassium channels Kir2.1, Kir3.4, and possibly Kir2.6. Our increasing knowledge of how mutant...

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