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Extended spectrum of idiopathic generalized epilepsies associated with CACNA1H functional variants.
Annals of neurology - 1 Dec 2007
Heron Sarah E, Khosravani Houman, Varela Diego, Bladen Chris, Williams Tristiana C, Newman Michelle R, Scheffer Ingrid E, Berkovic Samuel F, Mulley John C, Zamponi Gerald W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The relationship between genetic variation in the T-type calcium channel gene CACNA1H and childhood absence epilepsy is well established. The purpose of this study was to investigate the range of epilepsy syndromes for which CACNA1H variants may contribute to the genetic susceptibility architecture and determine the electrophysiological effects of these variants in relation to proposed mechanisms...
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