Recurrent De Novo Mutations of SCN1A in Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy

Mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene SCN1A are a major cause of severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (Dravet syndrome) and generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus. This study reports the identification of six de novo SCN1A mutations in patients with severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy, including a tetranucleotide deletion in exon 26. The same deletion was previously observed in two unrelated patients and appears to result …