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[Benign familial neonatal convulsions: molecular pathology and diagnosis].
Der Nervenarzt - 1 Aug 2000
Steinlein O K
Abstract excerpt
Benign familial neonatal convulsions are a rare monogenic form of idiopathic epilepsy characterized by the onset of frequent brief seizures after the second day of life. The seizures disappear spontaneously within a few weeks, but recurrent seizures later in life are common. Linkage studies located genes to chromosome 20q13.3 and 8q24, and the voltage-gated potassium channels KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 were recently...
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