SCN2A encephalopathy
A major cause of epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures
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- Received December 16, 2014
- Accepted in final form May 15, 2015
- First Published August 19, 2015.
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Author Disclosures
- Katherine B. Howell, MBBS (Hons), BMedSc,
- Jacinta M. McMahon, BSc (Hons),
- Gemma L. Carvill, PhD,
- Dimira Tambunan, BS,
- Mark T. Mackay, MBBS,
- Victoria Rodriguez-Casero, MD,
- Richard Webster, MBBS, MSc,
- Damian Clark, MBChB,
- Jeremy L. Freeman, MBBS,
- Sophie Calvert, BMBS,
- Heather E. Olson, MD,
- Simone Mandelstam, MBChB,
- Annapurna Poduri, MD, MPH,
- Heather C. Mefford, MD, PhD,
- A. Simon Harvey, MD and
- Ingrid E. Scheffer, MBBS, PhD
- Katherine B. Howell, MBBS (Hons), BMedSc,
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(1) National Health and Medical Research Council Gustav Nossal postgraduate scholarship, no grant number, PhD scholarship, 2013-2015 (attributed in manuscript).
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(1) Husband holds stock options for General Electric (who make medical imaging equipment), 2008-present.
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- Jacinta M. McMahon, BSc (Hons),
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National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, 628952, researcher, 2 years
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- Gemma L. Carvill, PhD,
(1) Ambry Genetics
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(1) Ambry Genetics
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(1) NIH (NINDS) Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) (1K99NS089858-01)
(1) American Epilepsy Foundation and Lennox and Lombroso Postdoctoral Fellowship (2) Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE) Taking Flight Award
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- Dimira Tambunan, BS,
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- Mark T. Mackay, MBBS,
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National Health and Medical Research Council. Grant ID APP1065794. Chief investigator (2014-2016).
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Murdoch Children?s Research Institute, Australia The Brain Foundation, Australia The National Stroke Foundation, Australia. The Ian Potter Foundation, Australia
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- Victoria Rodriguez-Casero, MD,
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- Richard Webster, MBBS, MSc,
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- Damian Clark, MBChB,
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- Jeremy L. Freeman, MBBS,
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- Sophie Calvert, BMBS,
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- Heather E. Olson, MD,
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Clinical practice in epilepsy genetics. I do not perform procedures or imaging studies, but participate in care of patients with genetic epilepsies. I have 20% clinical effort.
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NIH K12 award (NSADA)
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Child Neurology Foundation Infantile Spasms award Support form the Rasmussen Encephalitis Children's Project Support from the Dravet syndrome Foundation Support form the PCDH19 Alliance
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- Simone Mandelstam, MBChB,
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(1) Royal Children's Hospital, specialist radiologist (2) Melbourne Brain Centre, research radiologist (3) University of Melbourne, clinical associate professor departments of Paediatrics and Radiology
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- Annapurna Poduri, MD, MPH,
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NINDS (K23NS069784, PI, 5 years)
During the period of the study, I was supported by the Boston Children's Hospital Translational Research Program.
Dravet Syndrome Foundation Ohtahara Syndrome Foundation The Cute Syndrome Foundation PCDH19 Alliance
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- Heather C. Mefford, MD, PhD,
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(1) Science Translational Medicine, Associate Scientific Editor
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(1) Sera Prognostics, Inc.
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1. NIH/NINDS Grant NS069605 2. NIH/NINDS Grant NS068605 3. NIH/NINDS Grant NS077303 4. NIH/NINDS Grant NS077364 5. NIH/NINDS Grant NS077275 6. NIH/NICHD Grant HD000836
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1. Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists 2. American Thoracic Society Foundation Partner Award 3. Simon's Foundation for Autism Research
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- A. Simon Harvey, MD and
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- Ingrid E. Scheffer, MBBS, PhD
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(1) NHMRC Program Grant #628952 CI 2011-2015, 2016-2020 (2) NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship 2011-2015 (3) NHMRC Project Grant 2013-2015 (4) NIH Centre Without Walls funding “Epi4K” 2011-2015
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(1) Epilepsy Association of Tasmania 2013-2015 (2) Melbourne Neurosciences Institute 2014 (3) Weizmann Institute 2013-2014 (4) CURE SUDEP Award 2012-2013 (5) Perpetual Philanthropic Services 2012-2013
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- From the Departments of Neurology (K.B.H., M.T.M., V.R.-C., J.L.F., A.S.H., I.E.S.) and Radiology (S.M.), The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne; Department of Paediatrics (K.B.H., M.T.M., S.M., A.S.H., I.E.S.), The University of Melbourne; Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (K.B.H., M.T.M., J.L.F., A.S.H.), Melbourne; Epilepsy Research Centre (J.M.M., I.E.S.), Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia; Division of Genetic Medicine (G.L.C., H.C.M.), Department of Paediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle; Epilepsy Genetics Program (D.T., H.E.O., A.P.), Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, MA; TY Nelson Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (R.W.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Department of Neurology (D.C.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Neurosciences Children's Health Queensland (S.C.), Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, Brisbane; and Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (S.M., A.S.H., I.E.S.), Melbourne, Australia.
- Correspondence to Prof. Scheffer: scheffer{at}unimelb.edu.au
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