Neurotransmitters and Sodium Channelopathies; Possible Link?
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Neurotransmitters and Sodium Channelopathies; Possible Link?
Investigators from the University of British Columbia, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, and the National Hospital reported their findings on neurotransmitter deficiencies in two patients with mutations in voltage-gated sodium genes (SCN2A and SCN8A) discovered by whole exome sequencing.
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-3-1