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Mutations in UNC80, Encoding Part of the UNC79-UNC80-NALCN Channel Complex, Cause Autosomal-Recessive Severe Infantile Encephalopathy.
American journal of human genetics - 7 Jan 2016
Shamseldin Hanan E, Faqeih Eissa, Alasmari Ali, Zaki Maha S, Gleeson Joseph G, Alkuraya Fowzan S
Abstract excerpt
Brain channelopathies represent a growing class of brain disorders that usually result in paroxysmal disorders, although their role in other neurological phenotypes, including the recently described NALCN-related infantile encephalopathy, is increasingly recognized. In three Saudi Arabian families and one Egyptian family all affected by a remarkably similar phenotype (infantile encephalopathy and largely normal...
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