SCN1A variants from bench to bedside – improved clinical prediction from functional characterization
Dravet syndrome is caused by mutations in the SCN1A gene, which encodes for the voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.1 - a protein that participates in conduction of nerve signals. Thousands of different SCN1A mutations have been reported, but only a small number of these have been characterized functionally. This is unfortunate, because some SCN1A mutations [...]