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Case Reports
. 1991 Oct;33(5):668-71.
doi: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1991.tb01884.x.

Successful dantrolene sodium treatment of a patient with myotonia congenita (Thomsen's disease)

E Ohtaki  1 , H Komori, Y Yamaguchi, T Matsuishi
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Successful dantrolene sodium treatment of a patient with myotonia congenita (Thomsen's disease)

E Ohtaki et al. Acta Paediatr Jpn. 1991 Oct.

Abstract

A 3 year, 10 month old male with myotonia congenita (Thomsen's disease) was placed on dantrolene sodium, which successfully abolished the myotonic phenomenon. Dantrolene sodium might therefore be a useful medicine for patients with Thomsen's disease who do not respond to other medicines, such as carbamazepine (CBZ), with a decrease in the myotonic phenomenon.

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