Myotonic Disorders and Channelopathies.
Myotonic dystrophies and channelopathies are rare but important causes of muscle diseases which may present with myotonia, episodic attacks of weakness, fixed muscle weakness, and atrophy or their combination. Here, the authors provide an overview of these disorders and describe their clinical and pathophysiological features, diagnostic methods, and management.
Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Colin
C
Quinn
Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Mohammad Kian
MK
Salajegheh
D053447:Channelopathies / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy