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Identification of SCN1A and PCDH19 mutations in Chinese children with Dravet syndrome.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Kwong Anna Ka-Yee, Fung Cheuk-Wing, Chan Siu-Yuen, Wong Virginia Chun-Nei
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BACKGROUND: Dravet syndrome is a severe form of epilepsy. Majority of patients have a mutation in SCN1A gene, which encodes a voltage-gated sodium channel. A recent study has demonstrated that 16% of SCN1A-negative patients have a mutation in PCDH19, the gene encoding protocadherin-19. Mutations...
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