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Two novel mutations in SCN1A gene in Iranian patients with epilepsy.
Archives of medical research - 1 Apr 2010
Ebrahimi Ahmad, Houshmand Massoud, Tonekaboni Seyed Hassan, Fallah Mahboob Passand Mohammd Sadegh, Zainali Sirous, Moghadasi Mehdi
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Epilepsy as a common chronic neurological disorder is characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures. Febrile seizures are the most common type of epilepsy in infants and children. Our aim was the molecular analysis of SCN1A gene in affected Iranian patients with GEFS+ and Dravet syndrome diagnosed clinically to explain genotype-phenotype correlation and exact classification. METHODS: The 34...
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