Novel chloride channel gene mutations in two unrelated Chinese families with myotonia congenita

Neurology India

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 743-746

  Gao, Feng ^a   Ma, Fu Chan ^a   Yuan, Zhe Feng ^a   Yang, Cui Wei ^a   Li, Hai Feng ^a   Xia, Zhe Zhi ^a   Shui, Quan Xiang ^a   Jiang, Ke Wen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; chloride channel gene mutations; myotonia congenita

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MYOTONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THOMSEN DISEASE;

AMINO ACIDS; CHILD; CHINA; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; MYOTONIA CONGENITA;

EID: 78149404370     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.72163     Document Type: Article

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