Article
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy as a possible neurodevelopmental disease: role of EFHC1 or Myoclonin1.
Epilepsy & behavior : E&B - 1 Jul 2013
de Nijs Laurence, Wolkoff Nathalie, Grisar Thierry, Lakaye Bernard
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME) accounts for almost 12% of all epilepsies and is one of the most frequent forms of genetic generalized epilepsies. Genetic studies have revealed that mutations in EFHC1 (EF-hand containing one) account for 3 to 9% of all cases around the world. This gene encodes a protein that is not an ion channel, and several studies have tried to find its cellular role. In this article, we...
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