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Mutational Analysis of Myoclonin1 Gene in Pakistani Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy Patients.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2021
Saleem Tayyaba, Mustafa Arooj, Sheikh Nadeem, Mukhtar Maryam, Irfan Mavra, Suqaina Saira Kainat
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is the most prevalent and genetically heterogeneous form of epilepsy and accounts for 10-30% of all the cases worldwide. Ef-hand domain- (c-terminal-) containing protein 1 (EFHC1) encodes for a nonion channel protein and mutations in this gene have been extensively reported in different populations to play a causative role in JME. Linkage between JME and 6p11-12 locus has already...
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