Article
Partial loss-of-function of sodium channel SCN8A in familial isolated myoclonus.
Human mutation - 1 Jul 2018
Wagnon Jacy L, Mencacci Niccolò E, Barker Bryan S, Wengert Eric R, Bhatia Kailash P, Balint Bettina, Carecchio Miryam, Wood Nicholas W, Patel Manoj K, Meisler Miriam H
Abstract excerpt
Variants in the neuronal sodium channel gene SCN8A have been implicated in several neurological disorders. Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy type 13 results from de novo gain-of-function mutations that alter the biophysical properties of the channel. Complete loss-of-function variants of SCN8A have been identified in cases of isolated intellectual disability. We now report a novel heterozygous SCN8A...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
