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A patient with early myoclonic encephalopathy (EME) with a de novo KCNQ2 mutation.
Brain & development - 1 Jan 2018
Kojima Karin, Shirai Kentaro, Kobayashi Mizuki, Miyauchi Akihiko, Saitsu Hirotomo, Matsumoto Naomichi, Osaka Hitoshi, Yamagata Takanori
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily Q member 2 (KCNQ2) gene has been reported to be associated with various types of epilepsy, including benign familial neonatal seizure (BFNS), early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE), and unclassified early onset encephalopathies. We herein report a patient with early myoclonic encephalopathy (EME) caused by a KCNQ2 mutation. CASE REPORT: A male...
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