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Feline Hypokalaemic Periodic Paralysis, also known as Burmese Hypokalaemic Periodic Polymyopathy (BHP) or Burmese Hypokalaemia (BHK), is a disorder associated with a mutation in the WNK4 gene, causing a subnormal serum potassium ion concentration and related clinical symptoms.

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Gene

Organ

specimen

Swab, Blood EDTA, Blood Heparin, Semen, Tissue

Mode of Inheritance

Chromosome

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General information

Feline Hypokalaemic Periodic Paralysis, also known as Burmese Hypokalaemic Periodic Polymyopathy (BHP) or Burmese Hypokalaemia (BHK), is a disorder associated with a mutation in the WNK4 gene, causing a subnormal serum potassium ion concentration and related clinical symptoms. The disorder is recessive.

Clinical features

Symptoms for affected cats are generalized or sometimes localized skeletal muscle weakness, frequently episodic in nature.

Additional information

References

Pubmed ID: 23285264

Omia ID: 1759

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