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Dravet syndrome or genetic (generalized) epilepsy with febrile seizures plus?
Brain & development - 1 May 2009
Scheffer Ingrid E, Zhang Yue-Hua, Jansen Floor E, Dibbens Leanne
Abstract excerpt
Dravet syndrome and genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) can both arise due to mutations of SCN1A, the gene encoding the alpha 1 pore-forming subunit of the sodium channel. GEFS+ refers to a familial epilepsy syndrome where at least two family members have phenotypes that fit within the GEFS+ spectrum. The GEFS+ spectrum comprises a range of mild to severe phenotypes varying from classical febrile...
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