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Interictal conduction slowing in muscle fibers in hypokalemic periodic paralysis.

Abstract
Conduction velocity in muscle fibers of the short head of biceps brachii was reduced between attacks in all the affected members of a family suffering from hypokalemic periodic paralysis. This finding represents a further evidence of a primary alteration of sarcolemmal function in this disease. Interictal conduction slowing in muscle fibers is consistent with the prevailing pathophysiologic hypothesis, which considers an increased membrane permeability to sodium ions as the fundamental defect underlying all forms of familial periodic paralysis.
AuthorsW Troni, C Doriguzzi, T Mongini
JournalNeurology (Neurology) Vol. 33 Issue 11 Pg. 1522-5 (Nov 1983) ISSN: 0028-3878 [Print] United States
PMID6685247 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Topics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypokalemia (complications, physiopathology)
  • Male
  • Muscles (physiopathology)
  • Neural Conduction
  • Paralyses, Familial Periodic (complications, physiopathology)

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