Progressive muscle atrophy with hypokalemic periodic paralysis and calcium channel mutation

Item Type:	Article
Title:	Progressive muscle atrophy with hypokalemic periodic paralysis and calcium channel mutation
Creators Name:	Meyer, T. and Jurkat-Rott, K. and Huebner, A. and Lehmann-Horn, F. and Linke, P. and Van Landeghem, F. and Dullinger, J.S. and Spuler, S.
Abstract:	A family with hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HypoPP) and motor neuron degeneration is reported. In conjunction with HypoPP, the index patient developed progressive muscle atrophy. The calcium channel gene CACNA1S showed a mutation encoding p.R528H, which has been related previously to HypoPP. We propose that CACNA1S mutations may comprise a previously unrecognized genetic risk factor in a greater spectrum of motor unit disorders including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Keywords:	Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Cacna1s, Calcium Channel, Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis, Progressive Muscle Atrophy
Source:	Muscle & nerv
ISSN:	0148-639X
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
Volume:	37
Number:	1
Page Range:	120-124
Date:	January 2008
Additional Information:	The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.20825
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