General Information of Disease (ID: DISCJ8DX)

Disease Name SCN4A-related channelopathy
Synonyms SCN4A-related channelopathy
Definition
Any muscular channelopathy in which the cause of the disease is a variation in the SCN4 gene. This is characteristic of a continuum in the clinical spectrum that includes sodium-channel myotonia, paramyotonia congenita, hypokalemic periodic paralysis type II and hyperkalemic periodic paralysis.
Disease Hierarchy
DISLG2RO: Hereditary neuromuscular disease
DISI6CLK: Muscular channelopathy
DISCJ8DX: SCN4A-related channelopathy