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Limbic encephalitis with anti-GAD antibodies and Thomsen myotonia: a casual or causal association?
Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape - 1 Sept 2014
Licchetta Laura, Bisulli Francesca, Naldi Ilaria, Mainieri Greta, Tinuper Paolo
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The association between hereditary myotonic disorders and epilepsy is seldom described in the literature. To date, few reports have dealt with dystrophic myotonias, whereas a single case demonstrating an association between sporadic congenital myotonia and epilepsy was recently reported in a patient carrying a de novo mutation of the CLCN1 gene. Additional evidence for a role of CLCN1 in the pathogenesis of...
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