title: Electrical myotonia in heterozygous carriers of recessive myotonia congenita.
abstract: We investigated electrophysiologically the unaffected parents of patients with recessive myotonia congenita. We studied 18 families, in nine of which the diagnosis was confirmed by molecular genetics. Brief myotonic discharges were present in at least one parent in 67% of the families. Fathers were more likely than mothers to show these discharges. The difficulty in distinguishing very mildly affected parents with dominant myotonia congenita from the heterozygous carriers of recessive myotonia congenita is stressed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, University of Istanbul, Capa, Turkey.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Deymeer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lehmann-Horn
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Serdaroğlu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cakirkaya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rüdel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D018118:Chloride Channels / Q000235:genetics; D004576:Electromyography; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D009154:Mutation; D009224:Myotonia Congenita / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D018118:Chloride Channels