Periodic paralyses: when channels go wrong

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008 Apr;23(4):1098-101. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfn011. Epub 2008 Feb 16.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comment
  • Editorial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • DNA / genetics*
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Hyperkalemia / etiology
  • Hyperkalemia / genetics
  • Hyperkalemia / metabolism
  • Male
  • Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism*
  • Mutation*
  • NAV1.4 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel
  • Paralyses, Familial Periodic / complications
  • Paralyses, Familial Periodic / genetics*
  • Paralyses, Familial Periodic / metabolism
  • Potassium / metabolism*
  • Prognosis
  • Sodium / metabolism*
  • Sodium Channels / genetics*

Substances

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