paramyotonia

paramyotonia
- ataxic p. a disorder characterized by a tonic muscular spasm on attempted movement, associated with slight paresis and ataxia.
- congenital p., p. congenita [MIM*168300] a nonprogressive myotonia induced by exposure of muscles to cold; there are episodes of intermittent flaccid paralysis, but no atrophy or hypertrophy of muscles; autosomal dominant inheritance caused by mutation in the sodium channel gene (SCN4A) on chromosome 17q. This is a disorder allelic to hyperkalemic periodic paralysis. There is a variant autosomal dominant form [MIM*168350] in which cold is not a provoking factor. SYN: Eulenburg disease.

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para·myo·to·nia .par-ə-.mī-ə-'tō-nē-ə n an abnormal state characterized by tonic muscle spasm

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para·myo·to·nia (par″ə-mi″o-toґne-ə) [para- + myo- + ton- + -ia] tonic spasms caused by a disorder of muscular tonicity; cf. myotonia.

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