Paroxysmal Choreoathetosis in a Child with SCN2A Mutation and Neonatal Seizures
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Paroxysmal Choreoathetosis in a Child with Scn2a Mutation and Neonatal Seizures
SCN2A mutations are associated with a broad spectrum of neurological phenotypes ranging from neonatal or infantile seizures with normal development to epileptic encephalopathies with severe developmental delay. Recently, movement disorders in children with SCN2A mutations and epileptic encephalopathies including infantile spasms has been described [1,2]. We present a case of a typically develop...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2476-0501
DOI: 10.19080/oajnn.2017.04.555641