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Two distinct regions in 2q24.2-q24.3 associated with idiopathic epilepsy.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21204806     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Approximately 50% of all carriers of 2q21-q31 deletions present epileptic seizures. The band 2q24 constitutes the smallest commonly deleted segment in these patients, and contains the voltage-gated sodium channel genes SCN1A and SCN2A, associated with Dravet syndrome and benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures, respectively. A further putative locus involving epilepsy in the region was previously identified through disruption of the SLC4A10 gene by translocation. In the course of performing high-resolution DNA copy number analyses on syndromic mentally impaired individuals, we encountered three patients with overlapping deletions in chromosome region 2q24. Two of these patients exhibited epileptic seizures in addition to mental deficiency. The deletion in one of the epileptic patients did not include the SCN cluster, demonstrating that a less severe form of epilepsy maps to an adjacent genomic region. This second region comprises about 3 Mb and contains the candidate gene SLC4A10, providing further support for the potential role of this gene in epilepsy.
Authors:
Ana Cristina Victorino Krepischi; Jeroen Knijnenburg; Debora Romeo Bertola; Chong Ae Kim; Peter Lees Pearson; Emilia Bijlsma; Karoly Szuhai; Fernando Kok; Angela Maria Vianna-Morgante; Carla Rosenberg
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-09-30
Journal Detail:
Title:  Epilepsia     Volume:  51     ISSN:  1528-1167     ISO Abbreviation:  Epilepsia     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-01-05     Completed Date:  2011-02-14     Revised Date:  2011-07-22    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2983306R     Medline TA:  Epilepsia     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2457-60     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Wiley Periodicals, Inc. © 2010 International League Against Epilepsy.
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Child, Preschool
Chromosome Mapping
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2 / genetics*
Epilepsies, Myoclonic / genetics*
Epilepsy / genetics*
Female
Gene Deletion*
Humans
Male
Mental Retardation / genetics
Mutation
Nerve Tissue Proteins / genetics
Pedigree
Sequence Deletion
Sodium Channels / genetics
Syndrome
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Nerve Tissue Proteins; 0/Sodium Channels; 0/sodium channel, voltage-gated, type I, alpha protein; 0/sodium channel, voltage-gated, type II, alpha 1 subunit

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