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A nonsense mutation in the alpha4 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (CHRNA4) cosegregates with 20q-linked benign neonatal familial convulsions (EBNI)
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Nov 1994
Beck C, Moulard B, Steinlein O, Guipponi M, Vallee L, Montpied P, Baldy-Moulnier M, Malafosse A
Abstract excerpt
Benign Familial Neonatal Convulsions (BFNC) is an epileptic disorder with an autosomal dominant mode of transmission. It has been shown that about 80% of BFNC pedigrees are linked to a genetic defect on chromosome 20q13.3. A candidate gene for the epilepsies, the gene coding for the alpha4 subunit of the nicotinic cholinergic receptor (CHRNA4), has previously been localized on chromosome 20. Here we report a...
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