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Novel SCN1A mutations in Indonesian patients with severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy.
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society - 1 Apr 2010
Herini Elisabeth Siti, Gunadi, van Kempen Marjan J A, Yusoff Surini, Sutaryo, Sunartini, Patria Suryono Yudha, Matsuo Masafumi, Lindhout Dick, Nishio Hisahide
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy (SMEI) and borderline SMEI (SMEB) are caused by a mutation in SCN1A, which encodes a voltage-gated sodium channel alpha1-subunit protein. Although many mutations in SCN1A have been associated with clinical features of SMEI or SMEB from different ethnic groups, there have been no such reports from the South-East Asian populations so far. METHODS: Patients 1 and 2...
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