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Missense mutations in sodium channel SCN1A and SCN2A predispose children to encephalopathy with severe febrile seizures.
Epilepsy research - 1 Nov 2015
Saitoh Makiko, Ishii Atsushi, Ihara Yukiko, Hoshino Ai, Terashima Hiroshi, Kubota Masaya, Kikuchi Kenjiro, Yamanaka Gaku, Amemiya Kaoru, Hirose Shinichi, Mizuguchi Masashi
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OBJECTIVE: Acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion (AESD) is a childhood encephalopathy following severe febrile seizures. The pathogenesis of AESD is considered to be fever-induced seizure susceptibility and excitotoxicity, which may be caused by sodium channel dys...
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