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Severe episodic neurological deficits and permanent mental retardation in a child with a novel FHM2 ATP1A2 mutation.
Annals of neurology - 1 Feb 2006
Vanmolkot K R J, Stroink H, Koenderink J B, Kors E E, van den Heuvel J J M W, van den Boogerd E H, Stam A H, Haan J, De Vries B B A, Terwindt G M, Frants R R, Ferrari M D, van den Maagdenberg A M J M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Attacks of familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM) are usually associated with transient, completely reversible symptoms. Here, we studied the ATP1A2 FHM2 gene in a young girl with episodes of both very severe and transient neurological symptoms that were triggered by mild head trauma as well as permanent mental retardation. Her family members suffered from hemiplegic and confusional migraine attacks....
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