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Response to immunotherapy in a patient with Landau-Kleffner syndrome and GRIN2A mutation.
Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape - 1 Mar 2016
Fainberg Nina, Harper Amy, Tchapyjnikov Dmitry, Mikati Mohamad A
Abstract excerpt
Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS) has been demonstrated in the past to respond to immunotherapy. Recently, some cases of LKS have been shown to be secondary to glutamate receptor (GRIN2A) mutations. Whether such cases respond to immunotherapy is not known. Here, we present the case of a 3-year-old boy with LKS found to have a GRIN2A heterozygous missense mutation, whose clinical symptoms and EEG responded to a...
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