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Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome and Migraine: A New Phenotype Associated with SCN1A Variants?
Genes - 20 Jul 2023
Azzarà Alessia, Cassano Ilaria, Lintas Carla, Pilato Fabio, Capone Fioravante, Di Lazzaro Vincenzo, Gurrieri Fiorella
Abstract excerpt
Peripheral facial palsy rarely occurs as part of Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome (MRS), which is characterized by the classical triad of tongue cheilitis, recurrent episodes of orofacial swelling, and palsy. MRS is a disorder with variable expressivity and clinical as well as genetic heterogeneity; however, the causative gene remains to be identified. Migraine is a common neurological disorder, presenting with or...
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