2012
De novo mutations revealed by whole-exome sequencing are strongly associated with autism
Sanders SJ, Murtha MT, Gupta AR, Murdoch JD, Raubeson MJ, Willsey AJ, Ercan-Sencicek AG, DiLullo NM, Parikshak NN, Stein JL, Walker MF, Ober GT, Teran NA, Song Y, El-Fishawy P, Murtha RC, Choi M, Overton JD, Bjornson RD, Carriero NJ, Meyer KA, Bilguvar K, Mane SM, Šestan N, Lifton RP, Günel M, Roeder K, Geschwind DH, Devlin B, State MW. De novo mutations revealed by whole-exome sequencing are strongly associated with autism. Nature 2012, 485: 237-241. PMID: 22495306, PMCID: PMC3667984, DOI: 10.1038/nature10945.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
Four Novel SCN1A Mutations in Turkish Patients With Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy (SMEI)
Arlier Z, Bayri Y, Kolb LE, Erturk O, Ozturk AK, Bayrakli F, Bilguvar K, Moliterno JA, Dervent A, Demirbilek V, Yalcinkaya C, Korkmaz B, Tuysuz B, Gunel M. Four Novel SCN1A Mutations in Turkish Patients With Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy (SMEI). Journal Of Child Neurology 2010, 25: 1265-1268. PMID: 20110217, DOI: 10.1177/0883073809357241.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere myoclonic epilepsyDravet syndromeTurkish patientsMyoclonic epilepsySCN1A geneNovel SCN1A mutationTonic-clonic seizuresRare genetic disorderUnilateral clonicSCN1A mutationsType 1SyndromeSpectrum of mutationsDisease phenotypeGenetic disordersNovel mutationsPatientsEpilepsyNovo mutationsFirst yearResponsible geneInfancyMutationsBroad spectrumAllelic heterogeneity