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Paternal germline mosaicism of a SCN2A mutation results in Ohtahara syndrome in half siblings.
European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society - 1 Sept 2014
Zerem Ayelet, Lev Dorit, Blumkin Lubov, Goldberg-Stern Hadassa, Michaeli-Yossef Yael, Halevy Ayelet, Kivity Sara, Nakamura Kazuyuki, Matsumoto Naomichi, Leshinsky-Silver Esther, Saitsu Hirotomo, Lerman-Sagie Tally
Abstract excerpt
Ohtahara syndrome is a devastating early infantile epileptic encephalopathy caused by mutations in different genes. We describe a patient with Ohtahara syndrome who presented on the first day of life with refractory tonic seizures and a suppression-burst pattern on EEG. The patient developed severe microcephaly, and never achieved any developmental milestones. He died at the age of 5 years. A de novo missense...
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