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A screening test for the prediction of Dravet syndrome before one year of age.
Epilepsia - 1 Apr 2008
Hattori Junri, Ouchida Mamoru, Ono Junko, Miyake Susumu, Maniwa Satoshi, Mimaki Nobuyoshi, Ohtsuka Yoko, Ohmori Iori
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Our aim was to develop a screening test to predict Dravet syndrome before the first birthday based on the clinical characteristics of infants and the SCN1A mutation analysis. METHODS: Ninety-six patients who experienced febrile seizures before the age of one were enrolled. The patients were divided into two groups-the Dravet syndrome group (n = 46) and the non-Dravet syndrome group (n = 50). We compared...
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