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Defining Dravet syndrome: An essential pre-requisite for precision medicine trials.
Epilepsia - 1 Sept 2021
Li Wenhui, Schneider Amy L, Scheffer Ingrid E
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OBJECTIVE: The classical description of Dravet syndrome, the prototypic developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, is of a normal 6-month-old infant presenting with a prolonged, febrile, hemiclonic seizure and showing developmental slowing after age 1 year. SCN1A pathogenic variants are found in >80% of patients. Many patients have atypical features resulting in diagnostic delay and inappropriate therapy. We...
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