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PCDH19-related epilepsy: a rare but recognisable clinical syndrome in females.
Practical neurology - 1 Aug 2017
Lyons Shane, Marnane Michael, Reavey Eleanor, Williams Nicola, Costello Daniel
Abstract excerpt
Protocadherin 19 (PCDH19)-related epilepsy (OMIM 300088) is a distinctive clinical syndrome limited to females. We describe a 17-year-old girl who presented to a regional epilepsy clinic with a history of recurrent febrile seizures in infancy. Genetic analysis of the PCDH19 gene revealed a novel heterozygous mutation within a highly conserved region of the gene. Patients with PCDH19 mutations present with...
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