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Mutations of the SCN1A gene in acute encephalopathy.
Epilepsia - 1 Mar 2012
Saitoh Makiko, Shinohara Mayu, Hoshino Hideki, Kubota Masaya, Amemiya Kaoru, Takanashi Jun-Lchi, Hwang Su-Kyeong, Hirose Shinichi, Mizuguchi Masashi
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Acute encephalopathy is the most serious complication of pediatric viral infections, such as influenza and exanthema subitum. It occurs worldwide, but is most prevalent in East Asia. Recently, there have been sporadic case reports of epilepsy/febrile seizure and acute encephalopathy with a neuronal sodium channel alpha 1 subunit (SCN1A) mutation. To determine whether SCN1A mutations are a predisposing...
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