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PI3K/AKT Pathway and Brain Malformations

Gavin Rice, Nitin R. Wadhwani

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Investigators from Seattle Children's Research Institute, University of Washington, and collaborating institutions sought to evaluate 10 genes in the PI3K/AKT pathway as it relates epileptogenic brain malformations in patients with megalencephaly, hemimegalencephaly, and focal cortical dysplasia.

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Investigators from Seattle Children's Research Institute, University of Washington, and collaborating institutions sought to evaluate 10 genes in the PI3K/AKT pathway as it relates epileptogenic brain malformations in patients with megalencephaly, hemimegalencephaly, and focal cortical dysplasia.

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Investigators from Seattle Children's Research Institute, University of Washington, and collaborating institutions sought to evaluate 10 genes in the PI3K/AKT pathway as it relates epileptogenic brain malformations in patients with megalencephaly, hemimegalencephaly, and focal cortical dysplasia.

Key concepts: Hemimegalencephaly, Megalencephaly, Cortical dysplasia, PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway, Medicine, Psychology, Neuroscience, Epilepsy

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