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Progressive myoclonus epilepsy KCNC1 variant causes a developmental dendritopathy.
Epilepsia - 1 May 2021
Carpenter Jenna C, Männikkö Roope, Heffner Catherine, Heneine Jana, Sampedro-Castañeda Marisol, Lignani Gabriele, Schorge Stephanie
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OBJECTIVE: Mutations in KCNC1 can cause severe neurological dysfunction, including intellectual disability, epilepsy, and ataxia. The Arg320His variant, which occurs in the voltage-sensing domain of the channel, causes a highly penetrant and specific form of progressive myoclonus epilepsy with severe ataxia, designated myoclonus epilepsy and ataxia due to potassium channel mutation (MEAK). KCNC1 encodes the...
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