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Slow degradation and aggregation in vitro of mutant GABAA receptor gamma2(Q351X) subunits associated with epilepsy.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 13 Oct 2010
Kang Jing-Qiong, Shen Wangzhen, Lee Melissa, Gallagher Martin J, Macdonald Robert L
Abstract excerpt
The GABA(A) receptor γ2 subunit nonsense mutation Q351X has been associated with the genetic epilepsy syndrome generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus, which includes a spectrum of seizures types from febrile seizures to Dravet syndrome. Although most genetic epilepsy syndromes are mild and remit with age, Dravet syndrome has a more severe clinical course with refractory seizures associated with...
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