A novel KCNT1 mutation in a Chinese family with severe autosomal-dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

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Abstract We describe a Chinese family with severe autosomal-dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE) and psychiatric problems in whom whole-exome family trio sequencing identified a heterozygous mutation in the potassium channel subfamily T, member 1 (KCNT1), a sodium-gated potassium channel gene, which was a novel missense mutation c.2153A>T (p. Asp718Val). The typical characteristics of the three...

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