A recurrent de novo mutation in KCNC1 causes progressive myoclonus epilepsy

M Muona, SF Berkovic, LM Dibbens, KL Oliver… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Progressive myoclonus epilepsies (PMEs) are a group of rare, inherited disorders
manifesting with action myoclonus, tonic-clonic seizures and ataxia. We sequenced the …

KCNC1‐related disorders: new de novo variants expand the phenotypic spectrum

J Park, M Koko, UBS Hedrich… - Annals of clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A recurrent de novo missense variant in KCNC1, encoding a voltage‐gated potassium
channel expressed in inhibitory neurons, causes progressive myoclonus epilepsy and …

Myoclonus epilepsy and ataxia due to KCNC1 mutation: Analysis of 20 cases and K+ channel properties

KL Oliver, S Franceschetti, CJ Milligan… - Annals of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To comprehensively describe the new syndrome of myoclonus epilepsy and
ataxia due to potassium channel mutation (MEAK), including cellular electrophysiological …

Mutations in KCNT1 cause a spectrum of focal epilepsies

RS Møller, SE Heron, LHG Larsen, CX Lim… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Autosomal dominant mutations in the sodium‐gated potassium channel subunit gene KCNT
1 have been associated with two distinct seizure syndromes, nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy …

Mutation of a potassium channel–related gene in progressive myoclonic epilepsy

P Van Bogaert, R Azizieh, J Désir… - Annals of Neurology …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We investigated a large consanguineous Moroccan family with progressive
myoclonic epilepsy (PME) consistent with autosomal recessive inheritance, to describe the …

Unstable insertion in the 5′ flanking region of the cystatin B gene is the most common mutation in progressive myoclonus epilepsy type 1, EPM1

RG Lafreniére, DL Rochefort, N Chrétien… - Nature …, 1997 - nature.com
Progressive myoclonus epilepsy type 1 (EPM1, also known as Unverricht-Lundborg
disease) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by progressively worsening …

Mutations in voltage-gated potassium channel KCNC3 cause degenerative and developmental central nervous system phenotypes

MF Waters, NA Minassian, G Stevanin, KP Figueroa… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
Potassium channel mutations have been described in episodic neurological diseases. We
report that K+ channel mutations cause disease phenotypes with neurodevelopmental and …

Novel mutations consolidate KCTD7 as a progressive myoclonus epilepsy gene

M Kousi, V Anttila, A Schulz, S Calafato… - Journal of medical …, 2012 - jmg.bmj.com
Background The progressive myoclonus epilepsies (PMEs) comprise a group of clinically
and genetically heterogeneous disorders characterised by myoclonus, epilepsy, and …

Unstable minisatellite expansion causing recessively inherited myoclonus epilepsy, EPM1

K Virtaneva, E D'Amato, J Miao, M Koskiniemi… - Nature …, 1997 - nature.com
Progressive myoclonus epilepsy of Unverricht-Lundborg type (EPM1; MIM 254800) is an
autosomal recessive disorder that occurs with a low frequency in many populations but is …

KCNT1-related epilepsies and epileptic encephalopathies: phenotypic and mutational spectrum

CM Bonardi, HO Heyne, M Fiannacca, MP Fitzgerald… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Variants in KCNT1, encoding a sodium-gated potassium channel (subfamily T member 1),
have been associated with a spectrum of epilepsies and neurodevelopmental disorders …