Single gene mutation responsible for 'catastrophic epilepsy'

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - 06:42 in Health & Medicine

Catastrophic epilepsy - characterised by severe muscle spasms, persistent seizures, mental retardation and sometimes autism - results from a mutation in a single gene, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report that appears in the current issue of the Journal of Neuroscience...

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