Article
Hypokalemic periodic paralysis and the dihydropyridine receptor (CACNL1A3): genotype/phenotype correlations for two predominant mutations and evidence for the absence of a founder effect in 16 caucasian families.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Feb 1995
Elbaz A, Vale-Santos J, Jurkat-Rott K, Lapie P, Ophoff R A, Bady B, Links T P, Piussan C, Vila A, Monnier N
Abstract excerpt
Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (hypoPP) is an autosomal dominant disorder belonging to a group of muscle diseases involving the abnormal function of ion channels. This group of muscle diseases also comprises hyperkalemic periodic paralysis and paramyotonia congenita, both sodium-channel diseases, and myotonia congenita, a chloride-channel disorder. HypoPP is characterized by acute attacks of muscle weakness...
Topics
- Arginine
- Calcium Channels
- Calcium Channels, L-Type
- Female
- Founder Effect
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Male
- Muscle Proteins
