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Frequent mutations of SCN1A in severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy.
Neurology - 9 Apr 2002
Sugawara T, Mazaki-Miyazaki E, Fukushima K, Shimomura J, Fujiwara T, Hamano S, Inoue Y, Yamakawa K
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the neuronal voltage-gated sodium channel alpha-subunit type I gene (SCN1A) were found responsible for severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy (SMEI). The authors describe novel mutations of SCN1A in Japanese patients with SMEI. They screened 12 unrelated patients and a pair of monozygo...
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