Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Single Mutation Causes Seizure Disorder
June 23, 2020
June 23, 2020
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 23 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is a severe early-onset seizure disorder that includes cognitive and behavioral abnormalities. Its pathophysiology is largely unknown.
Recent whole-exome sequencing in patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome identified a spontaneous mutation in the gene encoding a GABA-A receptor subunit implicated in other childhood epilepsies.
Robert Macd . . .
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is a severe early-onset seizure disorder that includes cognitive and behavioral abnormalities. Its pathophysiology is largely unknown.
Recent whole-exome sequencing in patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome identified a spontaneous mutation in the gene encoding a GABA-A receptor subunit implicated in other childhood epilepsies.
Robert Macd . . .