Clinical Significance
NBCe1 may participate in regulation of brain extracellular space pH. Some mutations in NBCe1 have been associated with Familial hemiplegic migraine. Other NBCe1 mutations disrupt kidney bicarbonate transport and cause proximal renal tubular acidosis.
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