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Lhermitte-Duclos disease with concomitant KCNT2 gene mutation: report of an extremely rare combination.
Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery - 1 Nov 2023
Assi Jeries, Chyta Marianna, Mavridis Ioannis
Abstract excerpt
Lhermitte-Duclos disease (LDD) refers to cerebellar dysplastic gangliocytoma, a slow-growing tumor. Pathogenic variants of voltage-gated potassium channels have been associated with epilepsy of variable severity. These include the sodium-activated potassium channel subfamily T member 2 (KCNT2) gene, which encodes for pore-forming alpha subunits. KCNT2 gene mutations have been recently described to cause...
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