Electromyography guides toward subgroups of mutations in muscle channelopathies

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 650-661

  Fournier, Emmanuel ^a,c   Arzel, Marianne ^a   Sternberg, Damien ^a   Vicart, Savine ^b   Laforet, Pascal ^a   Eymard, Bruno ^a   Willer, Jean Claude ^a   Tabti, Nacira ^b   Fontaine, Bertrand ^b,c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; MYOTONIA; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODIC PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MUTATION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9144223871     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20241     Document Type: Article

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