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Independent occurrence of the CHRNA4 Ser248Phe mutation in a Norwegian family with nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy.
Epilepsia - 1 May 2000
Steinlein O K, Stoodt J, Mulley J, Berkovic S, Scheffer I E, Brodtkorb E
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PURPOSE: To describe the clinical features of a family from Northern Norway in which autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE) is associated with a Ser248Phe amino acid exchange in the second transmembrane domain of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha4 subunit (CHRNA4). We also tested for evidence of a de novo mutation or founder effect by comparing haplotypes with the original...
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