SCN8A splicing mutation causing skipping of the exon 15 associated with intellectual disability and cortical myoclonus

Seizure. 2020 Nov:82:56-58. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2020.09.011. Epub 2020 Sep 23.
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Keywords: Myoclonus; Progressive myoclonus epilepsy; SCN8A gene; Sodium channelopathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Exons / genetics*
  • Female
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
  • Humans
  • Intellectual Disability / complications
  • Intellectual Disability / genetics*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Mutation
  • Myoclonus / genetics*
  • NAV1.6 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel / genetics*

Substances

  • NAV1.6 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel
  • SCN8A protein, human