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Focal Cortical Dysplasia: Gene Mutations, Cell Signaling, and Therapeutic Implications.
Annual review of pathology - 24 Jan 2017
Iffland Philip H, Crino Peter B
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Focal cortical dysplasias (FCDs) are malformations of cortical development (MCDs) that are highly associated with medication-resistant epilepsy and are the most common cause of neocortical epilepsy in children. FCDs are a heterogeneous group of developmental disorders caused by germline or somatic mutations that occur in genes regulating the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway-a key pathway in neuronal growth and migration....
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