Identification of SCN1A and PCDH19 mutations in Chinese children with Dravet syndrome.

BACKGROUND: Dravet syndrome is a severe form of epilepsy. Majority of patients have a mutation in SCN1A gene, which encodes a voltage-gated sodium channel. A recent study has demonstrated that 16% of SCN1A-negative patients have a mutation in PCDH19, the gene encoding protocadherin-19. Mutations in...

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Main Authors: Anna Ka-Yee Kwong, Cheuk-Wing Fung, Siu-Yuen Chan, Virginia Chun-Nei Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3405017?pdf=render