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Analysis of SCN1A mutation and parental origin in patients with Dravet syndrome.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jul 2010
Sun Huihui, Zhang Yuehua, Liu Xiaoyan, Ma Xiuwei, Yang Zhixian, Qin Jiong, Jiang Yuwu, Qi Yu, Wu Xiru
Abstract excerpt
Dravet syndrome (DS) or severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy is an intractable epileptic syndrome that is caused by mutations in the neuronal voltage-gated sodium channel alpha1 subunit gene SCN1A. We investigated SCN1A mutations in 63 Chinese patients with DS and analyzed its inheritance. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood lymphocytes of DS patients and their available parents. The SCN1A open...
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