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. 2018 Jul-Aug;18(4):238-239.
doi: 10.5698/1535-7597.18.4.238.

The Key to FAME: Intronic Repeat Expansions Cause Human Epilepsies

Ingrid E Scheffer
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The Key to FAME: Intronic Repeat Expansions Cause Human Epilepsies

Ingrid E Scheffer. Epilepsy Curr. 2018 Jul-Aug.
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  • Expansions of intronic TTTCA and TTTTA repeats in benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy.
    Ishiura H, Doi K, Mitsui J, Yoshimura J, Matsukawa MK, Fujiyama A, Toyoshima Y, Kakita A, Takahashi H, Suzuki Y, Sugano S, Qu W, Ichikawa K, Yurino H, Higasa K, Shibata S, Mitsue A, Tanaka M, Ichikawa Y, Takahashi Y, Date H, Matsukawa T, Kanda J, Nakamoto FK, Higashihara M, Abe K, Koike R, Sasagawa M, Kuroha Y, Hasegawa N, Kanesawa N, Kondo T, Hitomi T, Tada M, Takano H, Saito Y, Sanpei K, Onodera O, Nishizawa M, Nakamura M, Yasuda T, Sakiyama Y, Otsuka M, Ueki A, Kaida KI, Shimizu J, Hanajima R, Hayashi T, Terao Y, Inomata-Terada S, Hamada M, Shirota Y, Kubota A, Ugawa Y, Koh K, Takiyama Y, Ohsawa-Yoshida N, Ishiura S, Yamasaki R, Tamaoka A, Akiyama H, Otsuki T, Sano A, Ikeda A, Goto J, Morishita S, Tsuji S. Ishiura H, et al. Nat Genet. 2018 Apr;50(4):581-590. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0067-2. Epub 2018 Mar 5. Nat Genet. 2018. PMID: 29507423

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