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No evidence of a major locus for benign familial infantile convulsions on chromosome 19q12-q13.1.
Epilepsia - 1 Dec 1999
Gennaro E, Malacarne M, Carbone I, Riggio M C, Bianchi A, Bonanni P, Boniver C, Dalla Bernardina B, De Marco P, Giordano L, Guerrini R, Santorum E, Sebastianelli R, Vecchi M, Veggiotti P, Vigevano F, Bricarelli F D, Zara F
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: A locus for benign familial convulsions (BFICs) has been recently mapped on chromosome 19q12-13.1 by studying five families of Italian descent. The main goal of this study was to investigate the role of this locus in a set of seven newly identified families with at least three affected cases. METHODS: Five polymorphic microsatellite markers covering the BFIC locus on chromosome 19q have been typed, and...
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