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defects in
channel function, are the most
common cause of
channelopathies.
Acquired channelopathies are
caused by
acquired disorders, drug use, toxins, etc...
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Interest in
these "autopsy-negative"
deaths has
centered around the "ion
channelopathies".
These electrolyte channels are
pores regulating the
movement of sodium...
- the
surface membrane,
cardiac ion
channelopathies form a
major group of
heart diseases.
Cardiac ion
channelopathies may
explain some of the
cases of sudden...
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- medication-related
causes or
other causes. Rare
diseases called ion
channelopathies may play a role such as long QT
syndrome (LQTS),
Brugada syndrome (BrS)...
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muscle shows an
abnormal EMG.
Myotonia is the
defining symptom of many
channelopathies (diseases of ion
channel transport) such as
myotonia congenita, paramyotonia...
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chloride channelopathies:
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constructed the
framework for
studying similar diseases,
which Ptáček
calls "
channelopathies." In 1999,
Christopher Jones, a
neurologist from
University of Utah...
- 2014). "Loss-of-function of the voltage-gated
sodium channel NaV1.5 (
channelopathies) in
patients with
irritable bowel syndrome". Gastroenterology. 146...
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frequency of 4⁄9.
About 10 to 20% of SIDS
cases are
believed to be due to
channelopathies,
which are
inherited defects in the ion
channels which play an important...
