Next-generation sequencing techniques have revealed that genetic mutations in the KCND3 gene may be responsible for more types of epilepsy than previously thought, and new candidate genes associated with Dravet syndrome have been identified, a new study reports.
The study, “Gene mutational analysis in a cohort of Chinese children with unexplained epilepsy: identification of a new KCND3 phenotype and novel genes causing Dravet syndrome,” was published in the journal Seizure.