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Variable neurologic phenotype in a GEFS+ family with a novel mutation in SCN1A.
Seizure - 1 Sept 2009
Mahoney Krista, Moore Susan J, Buckley David, Alam Muhammed, Parfrey Patrick, Penney Sharon, Merner Nancy, Hodgkinson Kathy, Young Terry-Lynn
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PURPOSE: To describe the spectrum of clinical disease in a mutliplex family with an autosomal dominant form of generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) and determine its genetic etiology. METHODS: Medical and family history was obtained on 11 clinically affected individuals and their relatives across three generations through medical chart review and home visits. A candidate gene approach including...
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