title: Paramyotonia congenita (von Eulenburg) in Denmark.
abstract: Paramyotonia congenita (von Eulenburg) (PMC) is described in a Danish family in seven generations and 39 persons. PMC has not previously been described in Denmark and an epidemiological description of the family is given. The diagnostic difficulties versus hyperkalemic familial periodic paralysis with myotonia, adynamia episodica hereditaria and myotonia congenita (Thomsen) are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006947:Hyperkalemia / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009224:Myotonia Congenita / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D010245:Paralyses, Familial Periodic / Q000175:diagnosis