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Treatment for SCN3A mutation
Mon, 04/06/2015 - 16:07I am a 24 year old and I had my first seizure about two years ago. We haven't found the best treatment plan yet, but I dont know how much longer I can take. Everytime I we readjust my medication I'm nervous about having another seizure in the middle of work or while I'm driving. I finally got a blood test done and my doctor told me I have a mutation on the SCN3A gene. Does anyone else here have that mutation as well?
My friend told me there is a lab in Cambridge, MA called Intellimedix that will create a zebrafish with the exact same mutation and test drugs on it, has anyone heard of this? Does anyone know if they are actually providing this service, or if it's still in prototyping?
I finally got a blood test
Submitted by just_joe on Tue, 2015-04-07 - 14:25
I finally got a blood test done and my doctor told me I have a mutation on the SCN3A gene. Was this doctor your neurologist??? If not then you do need to contact your neurologist and give him this information. Evidently there is study going on with the gene and polymorphismsscn3a gene and epilepsy <<<< put that into your search engine once things start to come up go down to where med www.med.upenn.edu/.../mulleyetal2005SCNA1mutationsandepilepsy-1.pdf <<<< is the site you can get pdf fromI hope this helpsJoe