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Recurrent de novo mutations of SCN1A in severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Feb 2006
Kearney Jennifer A, Wiste Anna K, Stephani Ulrich, Trudeau Michelle M, Siegel Anne, RamachandranNair Rajesh, Elterman Roy D, Muhle Hiltrud, Reinsdorf Juliane, Shields W Donald, Meisler Miriam H, Escayg Andrew
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene SCN1A are a major cause of severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (Dravet syndrome) and generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus. This study reports the identification of six de novo SCN1A mutations in patients with severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy, including a tetranucleotide deletion in exon 26. The same deletion was previously observed in two...
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