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Familial hyperkalemic periodic paralysis caused by a de novo mutation in the sodium channel gene SCN4A
Ji-Yeon Han, June-Bum Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2011;54(11):470-472.   Published online November 30, 2011

Familial hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HYPP) is an autosomaldominant channelopathy characterized by transient and recurrent episodes of paralysis with concomitant hyperkalemia. Mutations in the skeletal muscle voltage-gated sodium channel gene SCN4A have been reported to be responsible for this disease. Here, we report the case of a 16-year-old girl with HYPP whose mutational analysis revealed a heterozygous c.2111C>T substitution in the...