Myotonic disorders and periodic paralysis.

Abstract excerpt

The myotonias are a diverse set of diseases, variable in presentation, often difficult to diagnose and, until now, treated with only a limited degree of success. Recent genetic advances have pinpointed many of the mutations that underlie these disorders and have demonstrated that there may be different causative genetic mutations underlying the same phenotype. This chapter summarizes the genetic data currently...

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