Deletions of SCN1A 5′ genomic region wit
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Tojo Nakayama; Ikuo Ogiwara; Koichi Ito; Makoto Kaneda; Emi Mazaki; Hitoshi Osak
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Mutations involving the voltage-gated sodium channel a I gene SCN1A are major genetic causes of childhood epileptic disorders, as typified by Dravet syndrome. Here we investigated the upstream regions of the SCN1A 5 0 noncoding exons and found two major regions with promoter activity. These two majo