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ArticleActa myologica : myopathies and cardiomyopathies : official journal of the Mediterranean Society of Myology2010

State of the art in hereditary muscle channelopathies.

K Jurkat-Rott, F Lehmann-Horn

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Article in Acta myologica : myopathies and cardiomyopathies : official journal of the Mediterranean Society of Myology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

K Jurkat-RottDivision of Neurophysiology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89089 Ulm, Germany. karin.jurkat-rott@uni-ulm.de
F Lehmann-Horn
Universität Ulm · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A combination of electrophysiological and genetic studies has resulted in the identification of several skeletal muscle disorders to be caused by pathologically functioning ion channels and has led to the term channelopathies. Typical hereditary muscle channelopa thies are congenital myasthenic syndromes, non-dystrophic myotonias, periodic paralyses, malignant hyperthermia, and central core disease. Most muscle channelopathies are commonly considered to be benign diseases. However, life-threatening weakness episodes or progressive permanent weakness may make these diseases severe, particularly the periodic paralyses (PP). Even in the typical PP forms characterized by episodic occurrence of weakness, up to 60% of the patients suffer from permanent weakness and myopathy with age. In addition, some PP patients present with a predominant progressive muscle weakness phenotype. The weakness can be explained by strongly depolarized fibers that take up sodium and water and that are electrically inexcitable. Drugs that repolarize the fiber membrane can restore muscle strength and may prevent progression.

Indexed as

Anesthetics, LocalAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsChannelopathiesDiureticsDrug TherapyHumansMyasthenic Syndromes, CongenitalMyotoniaParalyses, Familial PeriodicAnesthetics, LocalAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsDiuretics

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PMID21314017
PMCPMC3040592
OpenAlexW85164605

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