Novel cystatin B mutation and diagnostic PCR assay in an Unverricht-Lundborg progressive myoclonus epilepsy patient.

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Two mutations in the cystatin B gene, a 3' splice mutation and a stop codon mutation, were previously found in patients with progressive myoclonus epilepsy of Unverricht-Lundborg type [Pennacchio et al. (1996): Science 271:1731-1734]. We present here a new mutation 2404deltaTC: a 2-bp deletion within the third exon of the cystatin B gene in an Unverricht-Lundborg patient. This mutation results in a frameshift and...

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