Diffusely Increased Insertional Activity: "EMG Disease" or Asymptomatic Myotonia Congenita? A Report of 2 Cases

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1212-1213

  Mitchell, Christopher W ^a   Bertorini, Tulio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case report; Chloride channels; Electromyography; Myotonia congenita; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; DNA; EZETIMIBE; ROSUVASTATIN;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THOMSEN DISEASE;

ADULT; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CODON, NONSENSE; DNA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOTONIA CONGENITA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34548391900     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.06.013     Document Type: Article

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