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Familial episodic ataxia: a model for migrainous vertigo.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 May 2009
Jen Joanna C, Baloh Robert W
Abstract excerpt
Familial episodic ataxias are inherited channelopathies that manifest as episodes of vertigo and ataxia triggered by emotional stress and physical exertion. Mutations in two neuronal ion-channel genes KCNA1 and CACNA1A abundantly expressed in the cerebellum account for the majority of the identified cases of episodic ataxia. Overlapping features between episodic ataxia and the more common recurrent vertigo and...
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