Genotype-phenotype correlations in patients with de novo KCNQ2 pathogenic variants

Federica Malerba1, Giulio Alberini1, Ganna Balagura1

  • 1Department of Neurosciences (F. Malerba, G.B., E.A., A. Riva, V.S., L.N., C. Minetti, F.Z., P.S.), Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Università degli Studi di Genova; Pediatric Neurology and Muscular Diseases Unit (F. Malerba, G.B., F. Marchese, E.A., A. Riva, M.S.V., V.S., C. Minetti, P.S.), IRCCS Istituto G. Gaslini; Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology (NSYN@UniGe) (G.A., L.M., F.B.), Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia; Department of Experimental Medicine (G.A.), Università degli Studi di Genova; Laboratory of Human Genetics (E.G.); Unit of Medical Genetics (F. Madia, F.Z.), IRCCS Istituto G. Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Child Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Unit (M.A.), Department of Pediatrics, Central Hospital of Bolzano, Bolzano; Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit (L.G., P.A., P.M.), ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia; Neurology Unit (M. Trivisano, N.S.), Department of Neuroscience, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Roma; Child Neurology Unit (A. Russo, G.G.), IRCCS, Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit (F.R.), U.O.N.P.I.A. ASST-Rhodense, Rho, Milano; Neurology Unit and Laboratories (T.P.), A. Meyer Children's Hospital, Firenze; Child Neurology and Psychiatric Unit (C. Marini), Pediatric Hospital G. Salesi, United Hospital of Ancona; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit (M.M.M., L.N.), IRCCS Istituto G. Gaslini, Genova; Department of Pediatric Neuroscience (E.F.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta; Unit of Genetics of Neurodegenerative and Metabolic Diseases (B. Castellotti), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano; Department of Child Neuropsychiatry (G.C.), Epilepsy Center, C. Poma Hospital, Mantova; Fondazione Poliambulanza Brescia (G.C.); Epilepsy Center (A.C.), Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli; Department of Pediatrics (A.V.), University of Perugia; Section of Pharmacology (F. Miceli, M. Taglialatela), Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli; IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino (L.M., F.B.), Genova, Italy; Division of Pediatric Neurology (M.R.C.), Saint-Luc University Hospital, and Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium; Department of Epilepsy Genetics and Personalized Treatment (K.M.J., R.S.M.), The Danish Epilepsy Center Filadelfia, Dianalund, Denmark; Institute for Regional Health Services (K.M.J., R.S.M.), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; Department of Neurology (B. Ceulemans, S.W.), University Hospital Antwerp; Applied & Translational Neurogenomics Group (S.W.), VIB-Center for Molecular Neurology; Laboratory of Neurogenetics (S.W.), Institute Born-Bunge, University of Antwerp, Belgium; and Department of Life and Environmental Sciences (L.M.), Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.

Neurology. Genetics
|March 4, 2021
PubMed
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