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A new Chrna4 mutation with low penetrance in nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy.
Epilepsia - 1 Jul 2003
Leniger Tobias, Kananura Colette, Hufnagel Andreas, Bertrand Sonia, Bertrand Daniel, Steinlein Ortrud K
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PURPOSE: To identify and characterize the mutation(s) causing nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy in a German extended family. METHODS: Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunit genes were screened by direct sequencing. Once a CHRNA4 mutation was identified, its biophysical and pharmacologic properties were characterized by expression experiments in Xenopus oocytes. RESULTS: We report a new CHRNA4...
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