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Genetic spectrum and founder effect of non-dystrophic myotonia: a Japanese case series study.
Journal of neurology - 1 Dec 2022
Yuan Jun-Hui, Higuchi Yujiro, Hashiguchi Akihiro, Ando Masahiro, Yoshimura Akiko, Nakamura Tomonori, Sakiyama Yusuke, Takashima Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
Non-dystrophic myotonias (NDM) are rare skeletal muscle channelopathies, mainly linked to two voltage-gated ion channel genes, CLCN1 and SCN4A. The aim of this study is to identify the clinical and genetic features of patients with NDM in Japan. We collected a Japanese nationwide case series of patients with clinical diagnosis of NDM (1999-2021). Among 71 out of 88 pedigrees, using Sanger and next-generation...
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