Andersen-Tawil syndrome presenting as a fixed myopathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 623-

  Child, Nicholas D ^a   Cleland, James C ^a   Roxburgh, Richard ^a  

^a Neurology Department   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CREATINE KINASE; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ANDERSEN SYNDROME; ARM WEAKNESS; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FIXED MYOPATHY; GAIT DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HIS BUNDLE ELECTROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOW SET EAR; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CHANNELOPATHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOPATHY; MYOTONIA; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RETROGNATHIA; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; WALKING; FEMALE; PARALYSIS; NOTE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARALYSIS;

EID: 84891534130     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23872     Document Type: Letter

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