Hyperkalaemia in a tetraplegic adolescent due to de novo sodium channel mutation

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008 Apr;23(4):1449-51. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfm585. Epub 2007 Sep 5.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Creatine Kinase / blood
  • DNA / genetics*
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Disease Progression
  • Humans
  • Hyperkalemia / blood
  • Hyperkalemia / complications
  • Hyperkalemia / genetics*
  • Male
  • Mutation*
  • NAV1.4 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel
  • Potassium / blood*
  • Quadriplegia / blood
  • Quadriplegia / etiology*
  • Quadriplegia / therapy
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Sodium Channels / blood
  • Sodium Channels / genetics*

Substances

  • NAV1.4 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel
  • SCN4A protein, human
  • Sodium Channels
  • DNA
  • Creatine Kinase
  • Potassium