Molecular Genetics of GLUT1DS Italian Pediatric Cohort: 10 Novel Disease-Related Variants and Structural Analysis.

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GLUT1 deficiency syndrome (GLUT1DS1; OMIM #606777) is a rare genetic metabolic disease, characterized by infantile-onset epileptic encephalopathy, global developmental delay, progressive microcephaly, and movement disorders (e.g., spasticity and dystonia). It is caused by heterozygous mutations in the SLC2A1 gene, which encodes the GLUT1 protein, a glucose transporter across the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Most...

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