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Milder phenotype with SCN1A truncation mutation other than SMEI.
Seizure - 1 Sept 2010
Yu Mei-Juan, Shi Yi-Wu, Gao Mei-Mei, Deng Wei-Yi, Liu Xiao-Rong, Chen Li, Long Yue-Sheng, Yi Yong-Hong, Liao Wei-Ping
Abstract excerpt
Till now truncation mutations of voltage-gated sodium channel alpha subunit type I (SCN1A) gene were mostly found in severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI) patients. In this research we first identified two novel de novo truncation mutations (S662X and M145fx148) in two patients whose phenotypes were quite milder compared with SMEI patients. One patient was diagnosed as generalized epilepsy with febrile...
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