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Sodium-channel defects in benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures.
Lancet (London, England) - 14 Sept 2002
Heron Sarah E, Crossland Kathryn M, Andermann Eva, Phillips Hilary A, Hall Allison J, Bleasel Andrew, Shevell Michael, Mercho Suha, Seni Marie-Helene, Guiot Marie-Christine, Mulley John C, Berkovic Samuel F, Scheffer Ingrid E
Abstract excerpt
Ion-channel gene defects are associated with a range of paroxysmal disorders, including several monogenic epilepsy syndromes. Two autosomal dominant disorders present in the first year of life: benign familial neonatal seizures, which is associated with potassium-channel gene defects; and benign familial infantile seizures, for which no genes have been identified. Here, we describe a clinically intermediate...
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