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Photosensitive absence epilepsy with myoclonias and heterozygosity for succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) deficiency.
Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Jun 2004
Dervent A, Gibson K M, Pearl P L, Salomons G S, Jakobs C, Yalcinkaya C
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OBJECTIVE: Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) deficiency is a neurometabolic disorder characterized by excessive GABA levels and seizures. There has been no clinical phenotype described to date with heterozygosity for SSADH deficiency. METHODS: A patient heterozygous for SSADH deficiency presented with absence and myoclonic seizures. EEG monitoring and enzymatic, metabolic, and molecular studies for...
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