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Nonfunctional SCN1A is common in severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy.
Epilepsia - 1 Oct 2006
Ohmori Iori, Kahlig Kristopher M, Rhodes Thomas H, Wang Dao W, George Alfred L
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Mutations in SCN1A, encoding the human Na(V)1.1 neuronal voltage-gated sodium channel, cause the syndrome of severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI). Most SMEI-associated mutations are predicted to truncate the SCN1A protein, likely causing a loss of sodium channel function. However, many missense or in-frame deletion SCN1A mutations have also been reported in this disorder, but their functional...
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