Team Discovers Cause of Rare Disease Childhood Disorder Called PKD Linked to Genetic Mutations
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)A large, international team of researchers led by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco has identified the gene that causes a rare childhood neurological disorder called PKD/IC, or “paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia with infantile convulsions,” a cause of epilepsy in babies and movement disorders in older children.