Precision Medicine: SCN8A Encephalopathy Treated with Sodium Channel Blockers

Rikke S Møller^{1

2}, Katrine M Johannesen^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ The Danish Epilepsy Centre Filadelfia, Dianalund, Denmark. rimo@filadelfia.dk.
² Institute for Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. rimo@filadelfia.dk.
³ The Danish Epilepsy Centre Filadelfia, Dianalund, Denmark.
⁴ Institute for Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

Comment

Rikke S Møller et al. Neurotherapeutics. 2016 Jan.

. 2016 Jan;13(1):190-1.

doi: 10.1007/s13311-015-0403-5.

Rikke S Møller^{1

2}, Katrine M Johannesen^{3

4}

¹ The Danish Epilepsy Centre Filadelfia, Dianalund, Denmark. rimo@filadelfia.dk.
² Institute for Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. rimo@filadelfia.dk.
³ The Danish Epilepsy Centre Filadelfia, Dianalund, Denmark.
⁴ Institute for Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

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