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Congenital myasthenic sydromes

Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2010

Abstract

This chapter discusses both the neurological and genetic aspects of congenital neuromuscular disorders, their epidemiology, classification, clinical characteristics, diagnosis, therapy and various types of congenital myasthenic syndromes according to their gene defects. It is a disease that occurs mainly in Roma population and is most commonly caused by homozygous mutation in CHRNE gene, which encodes the epsilon subunit of acetylcholine receptor.