Neurological channelopathies: classification

Muscle channelopathies: periodic paralyses

• Hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis
• Hypokalaemic periodic paralysis

Muscle channelopathies: non-dystrophic myotonias

Muscle channelopathies: ryanodinopathies

Epileptic channelopathies

Pain syndromes

Ataxic syndromes

Other channelopathy syndromes

References

1. Rakowicz W, Hanna M. Muscle ion channel diseases. ACNR 2003; 3:14-16.
2. Platt D, Griggs R. Skeletal muscle channelopathies: new insights into the periodic paralyses and nondystrophic myotonias. Curr Opin Neurol 2009; 22:524-531. 
3. Horga A, Raja Rayan DL, Matthews E, et al. Prevalence study of genetically defined skeletal muscle channelopathies in England. Neurology 2013; 80:1472-1475. 
4. Spillane J, Kullmann DM, Hanna MG. Genetic neurological channelopathies: molecular genetics and clinical phenotypes. JNNP 2016; 87:37-48. 
5. Kullmann DM, Waxman SG. Neurological channelopathies: new insights into disease mechanisms and ion channel function. J Physiol 2010; 588:1823-1827. 
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Related checklists

• Muscle channelopathies: channel types
• Muscle channelopathies: general features
• Muscle channelopathies: general investigations
• Muscle channelopathies: management