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Familial Hemiplegic Migraine and Episodic Ataxia Type-2 Are Caused by Mutations in the Ca2+ Channel Gene CACNL1A4

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A brain-specific P/Q-type Ca2+ channel alpha1-subunit gene, CACNL1A4, covering 300 kb with 47 exons is characterized, revealing polymorphic variations, including a (CA)n-repeat (D19S1150), a (CAG) n-repeat in the 3'-UTR, and different types of deleterious mutations in FHM and EA-2.
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This article is published in Cell.The article was published on 1996-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2264 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Familial hemiplegic migraine & Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6.

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