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Novel de novo mutation of a conserved SCN1A amino-acid residue (R1596).
Pediatric neurology - 1 Oct 2007
Dlugos Dennis J, Ferraro Thomas N, Buono Russell J
Abstract excerpt
We report on the case of a 6-year-old boy with epilepsy involving febrile seizures and unprovoked generalized tonic clonic seizures. Genetic testing revealed a novel de novo mutation in the SCN1A gene (C>T 4786, R1596C). The epilepsy phenotype is within the spectrum of generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus. However, de novo mutations are more commonly reported in cases of severe myoclonic epilepsy of...
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