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Myoclonic absence epilepsy with photosensitivity and a gain of function mutation in glutamate dehydrogenase.
Seizure - 1 Oct 2008
Bahi-Buisson Nadia, El Sabbagh Sandra, Soufflet Christine, Escande Fabienne, Boddaert Nathalie, Valayannopoulos Vassili, Bellané-Chantelot Christine, Lascelles Karine, Dulac Olivier, Plouin Perrine, de Lonlay Pascale
Abstract excerpt
Activating mutations in glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH), de novo or dominantly inherited, are responsible for the hyperinsulinism/hyperammonemia (HI/HA) syndrome. Epilepsy has been frequently reported in association with mutations in GDH, but the epilepsy phenotype has not been clearly determined. Here, we describe a family with a dominantly inherited mutation in GDH. The mother, brother and both sisters had...
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