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Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis associated with a novel missense variant located in the inner pore of Nav1.4.
Brain & development - 1 Apr 2023
Segawa Kazuki, Nishiyama Masahiro, Mori Itsuki, Kubota Tomoya, Takahashi Masanori P
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BACKGROUND: Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HyperPP) is an autosomal dominantly inherited disease characterized by episodic paralytic attacks with hyperkalemia, and is caused by mutations of the SCN4A gene encoding the skeletal muscle type voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.4. The pathological mechanism of HyperPP was suggested to be associated with gain-of-function changes for Nav1.4 gating, some of which are...
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