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Mutation of sodium channel SCN3A in a patient with cryptogenic pediatric partial epilepsy.
Neuroscience letters - 5 Mar 2008
Holland Katherine D, Kearney Jennifer A, Glauser Tracy A, Buck Gerri, Keddache Mehdi, Blankston John R, Glaaser Ian W, Kass Robert S, Meisler Miriam H
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the sodium channel genes SCN1A and SCN2A have been identified in monogenic childhood epilepsies, but SCN3A has not previously been investigated as a candidate gene for epilepsy. We screened a consecutive cohort of 18 children with cryptogenic partial epilepsy that was classified as pharmacoresistant because of nonresponse to carbamazepine or oxcarbazepine, antiepileptic drugs that bind sodium...
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