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Timing of de novo mutagenesis--a twin study of sodium-channel mutations.
The New England journal of medicine - 30 Sept 2010
Vadlamudi Lata, Dibbens Leanne M, Lawrence Kate M, Iona Xenia, McMahon Jacinta M, Murrell Wayne, Mackay-Sim Alan, Scheffer Ingrid E, Berkovic Samuel F
Abstract excerpt
De novo mutations are a cause of sporadic disease, but little is known about the developmental timing of such mutations. We studied concordant and discordant monozygous twins with de novo mutations in the sodium channel α1 subunit gene (SCN1A) causing Dravet's syndrome, a severe epileptic encepha...
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