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Prevalence of ALDH7A1 mutations in 18 North American pyridoxine-dependent seizure (PDS) patients.
Epilepsia - 1 May 2009
Bennett Craig L, Chen Yingzhang, Hahn Sihoun, Glass Ian A, Gospe Sidney M
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PURPOSE: Pyridoxine-dependent seizure (PDS) is a rare disorder characterized by seizures that are resistant to common anticonvulsants, and that are ultimately controlled by daily pharmacologic doses of pyridoxine (vitamin B6). Mutations of the antiquitin gene (ALDH7A1) are now recognized as the molecular basis of cases of neonatal-onset PDS. METHODS: Bidirectional DNA sequence analysis of ALDH7A1 was undertaken...
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