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Mutations in SCN4A: a rare but treatable cause of recurrent life-threatening laryngospasm.
Pediatrics - 1 Nov 2014
Singh Rahul R, Tan S Veronica, Hanna Michael G, Robb Stephanie A, Clarke Antonia, Jungbluth Heinz
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Laryngospasm is a rare but potentially life-threatening occurrence in infants and usually has infective, allergic, metabolic, or anatomic causes. Underlying genetic conditions are rarely considered. Mutations in SCN4A encoding the voltage-gated sodium channel NaV1.4 have been implicated in a wide...
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