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Infantile spasms as an epileptic feature of DEND syndrome associated with an activating mutation in the potassium adenosine triphosphate (ATP) channel, Kir6.2.
Journal of child neurology - 1 Sept 2007
Bahi-Buisson Nadia, Eisermann Monica, Nivot Sylvie, Bellanné-Chantelot Christine, Dulac Olivier, Bach Nathalie, Plouin Perrine, Chiron Catherine, de Lonlay Pascale
Abstract excerpt
Activating mutations in the Kir6.2 subunit of the adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel is a cause of neonatal diabetes associated with various neurological disorders that include developmental delay, epilepsy, and neonatal diabetes (known together as DEND syndrome). This article reports a girl who developed infantile spasms and early onset diabetes mellitus at the age of 3 months and revealed...
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