Orphanet Rare Disease Ontology

Last uploaded: July 3, 2024
Preferred Name

Potassium-aggravated myotonia
Synonyms

PAM

K-aggravated myotonia

K+-aggravated myotonia

Definitions

A muscular channelopathy presenting with a pure myotonia dramatically aggravated by potassium ingestion, with variable cold sensitivity and no episodic weakness. This group includes three forms: myotonia fluctuans, myotonia permanens, and acetazolamide-responsive myotonia.

ID

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_612

alternative_term

PAM

K-aggravated myotonia

K+-aggravated myotonia

definition

A muscular channelopathy presenting with a pure myotonia dramatically aggravated by potassium ingestion, with variable cold sensitivity and no episodic weakness. This group includes three forms: myotonia fluctuans, myotonia permanens, and acetazolamide-responsive myotonia.

definition_citation

Orphanet

expertlink

https://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=en&Expert=612

has_age_of_onset

Childhood

has_inheritance

Autosomal dominant

hasDbXref

OMIM:608390

UMLS:C2931826

MeSH:C538353

label

Potassium-aggravated myotonia

notation

Clinical group

ORPHA:612

prefixIRI

ORDO:Orphanet_612

prefLabel

Potassium-aggravated myotonia

present_in

Worldwide AND has_point_prevalence_range : Unknown

subClassOf

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_557492

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_98738

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_206970

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