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A case of SUDEP in a patient with Dravet syndrome with SCN1A mutation.
Epilepsia - 1 Sept 2010
Le Gal François, Korff Christian M, Monso-Hinard Christine, Mund Michael T, Morris Michael, Malafosse Alain, Schmitt-Mechelke Thomas
Abstract excerpt
A boy with a clinical history of pharmacologically resistant Dravet syndrome died suddenly after falling asleep. The autopsy concluded that the cause of death was sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Postmortem molecular analysis of the SCN1A gene by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amp...
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