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Potassium channels: how genetic studies of epileptic syndromes open paths to new therapeutic targets and drugs.
Epilepsia - 1 Jan 2001
Cooper E C
Abstract excerpt
How can epilepsy gene hunting lead to better care for patients with epilepsy? Lessons may be learned from the progress made by identifying the mutated genes that cause Benign Familial Neonatal Convulsions (BFNC). In 1998, a decade of clinical and laboratory-based genetics work resulted in the cloning of the KCNQ2 potassium channel gene at the BFNC locus on chromosome 20. Subsequently, computer "mining" of public...
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