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Duplication of the sodium channel gene cluster on 2q24 in children with early onset epilepsy.
Epilepsia - 1 Dec 2012
Goeggel Simonetti Barbara, Rieubland Claudine, Courage Carolina, Strozzi Susi, Tschumi Sibylle, Gallati Sabina, Lemke Johannes R
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Sodium channel gene aberrations are associated with a wide range of seizure disorders, particularly Dravet syndrome. They usually consist of missense or truncating gene mutations or deletions. Duplications involving multiple genes encoding for different sodium channels are not widely known. This article summarizes the clinical, radiologic, and genetic features of patients with 2q24 duplication involving...
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