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The missense variants are distributed near the N-terminus (exons 3\u201311), whereas frameshift variants are distributed in exons 12\u201365. Five patients were diagnosed with epilepsy and all of them harbor at least one missense variants in exon 4. 71.4% variants of patients with motor neuropathy located in the LN domain.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Missense variants in exon 4 maybe correlated with epilepsy and variants in the LN domain maybe correlated with motor neuropathy in Chinese patients. 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