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Mutations of the Sonic Hedgehog Pathway Underlie Hypothalamic Hamartoma with Gelastic Epilepsy.
American journal of human genetics - 4 Aug 2016
Hildebrand Michael S, Griffin Nicole G, Damiano John A, Cops Elisa J, Burgess Rosemary, Ozturk Ezgi, Jones Nigel C, Leventer Richard J, Freeman Jeremy L, Harvey A Simon, Sadleir Lynette G, Scheffer Ingrid E, Major Heather, Darbro Benjamin W, Allen Andrew S, Goldstein David B, Kerrigan John F, Berkovic Samuel F, Heinzen Erin L
Abstract excerpt
Hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) with gelastic epilepsy is a well-recognized drug-resistant epilepsy syndrome of early life.(1) Surgical resection allows limited access to the small deep-seated lesions that cause the disease. Here, we report the results of a search for somatic mutations in paired hama...
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