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Use of Flow Cytometry for Diagnosis of Epilepsy Associated With Homozygous PIGW Variants.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Aug 2018
Foskett Gretchen Kissel, Engleman Edgar, Klotz Jenna, Choi Okmi, Tolentino Lorna, Kochhar Aaina, Yang Qian Zhou, Stevenson David A
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BACKGROUND: Biallelic variants in PIGW have been suggested to cause infantile spasms and hyperphosphatasia. PIGW encodes for a protein involved in the third step of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) synthesis. GPI anchored proteins are increasingly recognized as important structures for cellular interactions and neuronal development. METHODS: Molecular testing of PIGW was performed followed by fluorescence...
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