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Alternating hemiplegia of childhood: no mutations in the glutamate transporter EAAT1.
Neuropediatrics - 1 Oct 2006
de Vries B, Haan J, Stam A H, Vanmolkot K R J, Stroink H, Laan L A E M, Gill D S, Pascual J, Frants R R, van den Maagdenberg A M J M, Ferrari M D
Abstract excerpt
Alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) is a severe brain disorder, mainly characterised by episodes of hemiplegia, progressive mental retardation, and other severe paroxysmal and permanent neurological symptoms. Clinically and genetically, there is some overlap with sporadic (SHM) and familial (FHM) hemiplegic migraine, a severe monogenic subtype of migraine. Although no mutations were detected in the FHM1...
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