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[PCDH19 gene mutations lead to epilepsy with mental retardation limited to females in 2 cases and literature review].
Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences - 28 Jun 2017
Yang Li, Arafat Ahmed, Peng Jing, Chen Chen, Ma Yuping, Yin Fei
Abstract excerpt
Epilepsy with mental retardation limited to females (EFMR) is a syndrome characterized by early onset heat-sensitive epilepsy of infancy or early childhood and generally limited to females, which previously reported that the cadherin gene superfamily subtype protocadherin 19 (PCDH19) gene is its pathogenic gene. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data for 2 cases of EFMR patients with PCDH19 mutation...
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