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Case Report

Sodium Channel Myotonia and a Novel Gly701Asp Mutation in the SCN4A Gene: From an Ophthalmological Symptom to a Familial Disease

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Pages 41-44 | Received 31 Mar 2020, Accepted 03 Jun 2020, Published online: 24 Jul 2020
 

ABSTRACT

A six-month-old female child came to an ophthalmology consultation because of a convergent strabismus, myotonia of the orbicularis muscles and difficulty walking in cold environments. Further investigation identified a family history of muscular myotonia in the father, grandmother and uncle. The father also presented with ocular myotonia. The child and family members underwent genetic testing, which was negative for CLCN1 mutations but was positive for a novel heterozygotic Gly701Asp mutation in the SCN4A gene, compatible with sodium channel myotonia. The non-dystrophic myotonias are caused by dysfunction of key skeletal muscle ion channels. Before the advent of DNA sequencing, non-dystrophic myotonias were differentiated based on clinical phenotypes. Sodium channel myotonia disorders are classically of dominant inheritance, in which eye closure myotonia is the most frequent manifestation. Over 40 different mutations have been reported in the SCN4A gene. The Gly701Asp mutation in exon 13 identified in this family has not been described before.

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There are no conflicts of interest or financial disclosures, as well as no funding was obtained.

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Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01658107.2020.1779316.

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