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KCNT1 gain of function in 2 epilepsy phenotypes is reversed by quinidine.
Annals of neurology - 1 Apr 2014
Milligan Carol J, Li Melody, Gazina Elena V, Heron Sarah E, Nair Umesh, Trager Chantel, Reid Christopher A, Venkat Anu, Younkin Donald P, Dlugos Dennis J, Petrovski Slavé, Goldstein David B, Dibbens Leanne M, Scheffer Ingrid E, Berkovic Samuel F, Petrou Steven
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Mutations in KCNT1 have been implicated in autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE) and epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures (EIMFS). More recently, a whole exome sequencing study of epileptic encephalopathies identified an additional de novo mutation in 1 proband with EIMFS. We aim to investigate the electrophysiological and pharmacological characteristics of hKCNT1...
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