The mechanism underlying transient weakness in myotonia congenita

Transient weakness and compound muscle action potential decrement in myotonia congenita.

Twenty-five Turkish patients with recessive myotonia congenita (RMC), 16 of whom had genetic confirmation, were studied. Nineteen had transient weakness. In the upper extremities, onset age of transient weakness was usually in the early teens. All untreated RMC patients had a compound muscle action potential decrement of > or =25%, usually above 50%, with repetitive nerve stimulation at 10/s fo...

Recessively inherited myotonia congenita.

Thomsen and myotonia congenita.

Virgin's role in the story is that of a mother who uses medicine to treat her child,28 her selection of a remedy recommended by the most prominent medical authorities could scarcely have been more appropriate. The cure would still have been considered a miracle, although based on medical principles. Moreover, by using this device, Chaucer would have appealed to the intellectual capacities of hi...

Myotonia Congenita (Thomsen's Disease)

Myotonia congenita (Becker's variant).

A 21 year old right handed male resident of Bihar presented with 4 years history of gradual onset progressive st i f fness in both thighs and calves which improves on continued activity along with hypertrophy of muscles of all the limbs and dimpling on hitting over thigh and hands. He also has history of inability to walk fast or run and delayed opening of left eye after forceful closure of bot...