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Recent advances on autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy: "understanding the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR)".
European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society - 1 Jan 2005
di Corcia G, Blasetti A, De Simone M, Verrotti A, Chiarelli F
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE) is characterized by clusters of nocturnal motor seizures, which are often stereotyped and brief. They vary from simple arousals during sleep to dramatic, bizarre, hyperkinetic events with tonic or dystonic features. A minority of patients may experience aura. This disease is caused by various mutations of genes coding for subunits of neuronal...
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