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Age-dependent neurological phenotypes in a mouse model of PRRT2-related diseases.
Neurogenetics - 1 Jul 2021
Aj Fay, T McMahon, C Im, C Bair-Marshall, Kj Niesner, H Li, A Nelson, Sm Voglmaier, Y-H Fu, Lj Ptáček
Abstract excerpt
Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia is an episodic movement disorder caused by dominant mutations in the proline-rich transmembrane protein PRRT2, with onset in childhood and typically with improvement or resolution by middle age. Mutations in the same gene may also cause benign infantile seizures, which begin in the first year of life and typically remit by the age of 2 years. Many details of PRRT2 function at the...
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