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Phenotypes and genotypes in epilepsy with febrile seizures plus.
Epilepsy research - 1 Aug 2006
Ito M, Yamakawa K, Sugawara T, Hirose S, Fukuma G, Kaneko S
Abstract excerpt
In the last several years, mutations of sodium channel genes, SCN1A, SCN2A, and SCN1B, and GABA(A) receptor gene, GABRG2 were identified as causes of some febrile seizures related epilepsies. In 19 unrelated Japanese families whose probands had febrile seizures plus or epilepsy following febrile seizures plus, we identified 2 missense mutations of SCN1A to be responsible for the seizure phenotypes in two FS+...
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