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SCN1A clinical spectrum includes the self-limited focal epilepsies of childhood.
Epilepsy research - 1 Mar 2017
Kivity Sara, Oliver Karen L, Afawi Zaid, Damiano John A, Arsov Todor, Bahlo Melanie, Berkovic Samuel F
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INTRODUCTION: Amongst autosomal dominant genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) families, SCN1A variants are the most common genetic cause. Initially regarded as a generalized form of epilepsy, the GEFS+ spectrum is now known to include some focal epilepsies, but it is generally not conceptualized as extending to the self-limited focal epilepsies of childhood, such as Panayiotopoulos syndrome. There...
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