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thomsen disease - rare muscle disease with inability to relax muscles
Definition for Thomsen disease
Thomsen disease, a form of Myotonia congenita, is a muscular genetic disorder characterized by muscle stiffness (cramp) and an inability of the muscle to relax after a voluntary contraction.
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Thomsen disease, a form of Myotonia congenita, is a muscular genetic disorder characterized by muscle stiffness (cramp) and an inability of the muscle to relax after a voluntary contraction. The affected muscle functions normally after a few repetitions.
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Thomsen disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomsen disease. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to: navigation, search ... Thomsen disease, a form of Myotonia congenita, is a muscular genetic disorder ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomsen_disease
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CLCN1 - chloride channel 1, skeletal muscle (Thomsen disease, autosomal ...
... autosomal dominant form of myotonia congenita, which is known as Thomsen disease. ... the CLCN1 mutations responsible for Thomsen disease change one of the two ...
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene=clcn1
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THOMSEN'S DISEASE (MYOTONIA CONGENITA) - Pedbase.org
1. Autosomal Dominant (Thomsen's Disease) ... Thomsen's Disease is the less severe form with later age of onset and nonprogressive nature ...
http://pedbase.org/t/thomsens-disease_myotonia-congenita/
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Talk:Thomsen disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Talk:Thomsen disease. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to: navigation, search ... edit · history · watch · refresh To-do list for Thomsen disease: ...
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Myotonia Congenita -- GeneReviews -- NCBI Bookshelf
... manner (Thomsen disease); the same mutation may occur in families with both ... Autosomal dominant myotonia congenita is also known as Thomsen disease. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=gene&part=myotonia-c
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Myotonia congenita - Genetics Home Reference
This muscle weakness is not seen in people with Thomsen disease. ... Thomsen disease is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, which means one ...
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=myotoniacongenita
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Myotonia congenita
Thomsen's disease. Causes. Myotonia congenita is caused by a change (mutation) to a gene. ... close-up Peripheral artery disease Bloody or tarry stools Blood ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/infectiousdiseases/Myotonia-congenita.htm
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Myotonia Congenita Information Page: National Institute of Neurological ...
Myotonia congenita information sheet compiled by the National Institute of ... is the most common form; and Thomsen's disease, which is a rare and milder form. ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/myotoniacongenita/myotoniacongenita.htm
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Myotonia Congenita
Autosomal dominant myotonia congenita is also known as Thomsen disease. ... autosomal dominant manner (Thomsen disease). A clear distinction can be difficult because ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/picrender.fcgi?book=ge...
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Myotonia congenita
Thomsen's disease. Definition Return to top. Myotonia congenita is an inherited condition that affects muscle relaxation. ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001424.htm
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Myopathy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... of myoneural junction and muscle / neuromuscular disease (G70-G73, 358-359) ... · Myotonia congenita · Thomsen disease · Neuromyotonia · Paramyotonia congenita ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscular_disease
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Statins Reduced Death Risk From Pneumonia - Infectious Diseases: Causes ...
Get the facts on infectious disease types, causes, prevention, and treatment, ... Thomsen and his colleagues reviewed data on 29,900 adults hospitalized with ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=93756
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Myotonia Congenita
The disease doesn't cause muscle wasting; in fact, it may cause muscle ... is the most common form; and Thomsen's disease, which is a rare and milder form. ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/myotoniacongenita/xml_myotoniacongenita.xml
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System process - Gene Category - Genetics Home Reference
... 1, skeletal muscle (Thomsen disease, autosomal dominant) ... disease ... 1 (Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, spastic paraplegia 2, uncomplicated) ...
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/GenesByCategory/GO_0008150,GO_0032501,GO_0003008
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Dejerine Sottas syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... Tooth type 4F disease caused by S399fsx410 ... Cranial nerve disease ... · Myotonia congenita · Thomsen disease · Neuromyotonia · Paramyotonia congenita ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dejerine-Sottas_disease
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Myotonia levior is a chloride channel disorder.
Dominant myotonia congenita (Thomsen's disease) is linked to CLCN1, the gene ... onset of myotonia than in Thomsen's disease, and absence of muscle hypertrophy. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7581380
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Myotonia congenita - Related Gene(s) - Genetics Home Reference
CLCN1: chloride channel 1, skeletal muscle (Thomsen disease, autosomal dominant) ... Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications ...
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=myotoniacongenita/show/Related+Gene(s)
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Neuromuscular disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Endocrine disease · Nutrition disorder · Inborn error of metabolism (F, 290-319) ... · Myotonia congenita · Thomsen disease · Neuromyotonia · Paramyotonia congenita ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromuscular_disease
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Disease Reference
Thomsen's disease. Thoracic aortic aneurysm. Thoracic outlet syndrome. Threatened miscarriage ... I glycogen storage disease. Type I hyperlipoproteinemia. Type ...
http://adam.about.com/HIE/diseidxt.htm
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Studies Seek Patients: Clinical Trials Across the U.S. and Canada ...
Index page of NINDS Clinical Trials at Bethesda, Maryland. ... You are here: Home " Disorders A - Z " ... Select Disease or Condition of Interest. You can also ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/clinicaltrials_us.htm
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Index: TH: Merck Manual Home Edition
Thomsen's disease (myotonia congenita) Other Forms of Muscular Dystrophy: Myotonic Myopathies ... Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes: Type 2A Disease ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index/ind_th.html
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Third degree burn of - Thomsen myotonia con. Thomsen's disease - Thoracic outlet synd ... Typhus group rickett - Tzaneen disease ...
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Refsum's disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cranial nerve disease ... junction disease. autoimmune (Myasthenia gravis, ... · Myotonia congenita · Thomsen disease · Neuromyotonia · Paramyotonia congenita ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refsum's_disease
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Mutations in the human skeletal muscle chloride channel gene (CLCN1 ...
... (Thomsen's disease) and autosomal recessive myotonia congenita ... transient weakness is seen in patients with Becker's, but not Thomsen's disease. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8857733
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Myotonia congenita
Myotonia congenita is an inheritable congenital (present from birth) disorder characterized by slow relaxation of voluntary ... Thomsen's disease. Prevention: ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/001424prv.htm
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Chromosome 7 - Genes on chromosome 7 - Genetics Home Reference
CLCN1: chloride channel 1, skeletal muscle (Thomsen disease, autosomal dominant) ... NCF1: neutrophil cytosolic factor 1, (chronic granulomatous disease, autosomal 1) ...
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/chromosome=7/show/Genes
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Orphanet: Thomsen and Becker disease
The portal for rare diseases and orphan drugs ... Thomsen and Becker disease. Orpha number. ORPHA614. Prevalence of rare diseases. 1-9 / 100 000 ...
http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=EN&Expert=614
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Pedbase.org - The Pediatric Database
Asthma , Anemia, ADHD, Allergic Disease, ASD, Achondroplasia. A ... Febrile Seizure, Graves' Disease,Galactosemias, Fanconi Anemia. F-G. F. G ...
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Disease Reference
Thomsen's disease. Thoracic aortic aneurysm. Thoracic outlet syndrome. Threadworm ... Type I glycogen storage disease. Type I hyperlipoproteinemia. Type I RTA ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/diseidxt.htm
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Myotonia Congenita Publications: National Institute of Neurological ...
Myotonia congenita information sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) ... Sorry, there are no other publications ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/myotoniacongenita/pubs_my...
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Multimeric structure of ClC-1 chloride channel revealed by mutations in ...
... Thomsen's disease), including a newly identified mutation (P480L) in Thomsen's own family. ... expression assay, Thomsen's mutation dramatically inhibits ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8112288
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CLCN1 - Educational resources - Information pages - Genetics Home Reference
... in the ClC1 muscle Cl- channel produce human disease ... Neuromuscular Disease Center, Washington University: Thomsen Disease. Reviewed: April 2007 ...
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene=clcn1/show/Educational+resources
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Substrate-specific transporter activity - Gene Category - Genetics Home ...
CLCN1: chloride channel 1, skeletal muscle (Thomsen disease, autosomal dominant) ... NPC1: Niemann-Pick disease, type C1. OCA2: oculocutaneous albinism II ...
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ghr/genesByCategory/show/GO_0003674,GO_0005215,GO_0022892
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Topics beginning with T-Tn
Thomsen's disease see Myotonia congenita. Thoracentesis. Thoracic aortic aneurysm. Thoracic CT ... Tibia vara see Blount's disease. Tibial nerve dysfunction ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/encyclopedia_T-Tn.htm
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Health Library - Avera Health
Thomsen's disease. Thoracic aortic aneurysm. Thoracic outlet syndrome. Threadworm ... Type I glycogen storage disease. Type I hyperlipoproteinemia. Type I RTA ...
http://averaorg.adam.com/content.aspx?productId=101&alpha=T&sub=Disease
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Myotonia Congenita - Yahoo! Health
In individuals with Thomsen disease, symptoms and findings such as myotonia, ... Thomsen disease is transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait. ...
http://health.yahoo.com/other-other/myotonia-congenita/healthwise--nord372.html
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Intrinsic to membrane - Gene Category - Genetics Home Reference
CLCN1: chloride channel 1, skeletal muscle (Thomsen disease, autosomal dominant) ... prosaposin (variant Gaucher disease and variant metachromatic ...
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ghr/genesByCategory/show/GO_0005575,G...
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List of eponymous diseases - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albright-Butler-Bloomberg disease ? Fuller Albright, Allan Macy Butler, Esther Bloomberg ... Thomsen's disease. Tietze's syndrome ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_eponymous_diseases
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Myotonia Congenita Organizations: National Institute of Neurological ...
Myotonia congenita information sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) ... Tel: 203-744-0100 Voice Mail 800-999 ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/myotoniacongenita/org_myotoniacongenita.htm
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The skeletal muscle chloride channel in dominant and recessive human ...
... (Becker's disease) (GM) and autosomal dominant myotonia congenita (Thomsen's disease) (MC) are characterized by skeletal muscle stiffness that is a result of ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1379744
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Myotonia Congenita Press Releases: National Institute of Neurological ...
Myotonia congenita information sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) ... Sorry, there are no press releases for ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/myotoniacongenita/press_myotoniacongenita.htm
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Other Forms of Muscular Dystrophy: Muscular Dystrophies and Related ...
Steinert's disease ... Some people with the disease also develop a footdrop ... Myotonia congenita (Thomsen's disease) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec05/ch073/ch073c.html
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Plasma membrane part - Gene Category - Genetics Home Reference
CLCN1: chloride channel 1, skeletal muscle (Thomsen disease, autosomal dominant) ... PKD1: polycystic kidney disease 1 (autosomal dominant) ...
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/GenesByCategory/GO_0005575,GO_0044464...
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Novel muscle chloride channel mutations and their effects on ...
Mailänder V, Heine R, Deymeer F, Lehmann-Horn F. ... muscle chloride channel, cause either dominant Thomsen disease or recessive ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8571958
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Search Results - Genetics Home Reference
CLCN1: chloride channel 1, skeletal muscle (Thomsen disease, autosomal dominant) Gene summary ... form of the disorder, which is known as Becker disease. ...
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ghr/search?query=Duchenne+Muscular+Dystrophy
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Loyola University Health System
myLoyola provides you a customized interaction with Loyola University Health System based on age group, ... Thomsen's disease. Thoracentesis. Thoracic ...
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Sequence Retrieval System (SRS)
insert the description to be displayed by the search engine. Also searched by ... Thomsen's disease), which are characterized by skeletal muscle stiffness as a ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Class/NAWBIS/Modules/Protein/protein11.html
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Plasma membrane - Gene Category - Genetics Home Reference
CLCN1: chloride channel 1, skeletal muscle (Thomsen disease, autosomal dominant) ... PKHD1: polycystic kidney and hepatic disease 1 (autosomal recessive) ...
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ghr/genesByCategory/show/GO_0005575,G...
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Chloride channel protein (CLC-1) mRNA, 3' end (CLCN1)
Human protein-coding gene CLCN1. Represented by 2 ESTs from 2 cDNA libraries. ... PREDICTED: chloride channel 1, skeletal muscle (Thomsen disease, autosomal dominant) ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/UniGene/clust.cgi?ORG=Hs&CID=121483
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Index: MY: Merck Manual Home Edition
Coronary Artery Disease: Causes. dysfunction of ... Myotonia congenita (Thomsen's disease) Other Forms of Muscular Dystrophy: Myotonic Myopathies ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index/ind_my.html
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