Hyperekplexia in Kurdish families: a possible GLRA1 founder mutation.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
Autosomal recessive hyperekplexia is due to loss-of-function mutations in the GLRA1 gene. The authors describe six patients from two consanguineous families with a homozygous deletion of the first seven GLRA1 exons and provide evidence of a founder effect in Kurds from Turkey. Hyperekplexia may be misdiagnosed as epilepsy.
Medical subject headings
- Family Health
- Mutation
- Receptors, Glycine
- Stiff-Person Syndrome