Neurological potassium channelopathies

摘要

Potassium channel dysfunction has been impplic- ated in a variety of genetic and acquired neuro- logical disorders that are collectively referred to as the potassium channelopathies. These include acquired neuromyotonia, episodic ataxia type-1, hereditary deafness syndromes, benign familial neonatal convulsions and hypokalaemic periodic paralysis.