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Familial temporal lobe epilepsy autosomal dominant inheritance in a large pedigree from southern Italy.
Epilepsy research - 1 Feb 2000
Gambardella A, Messina D, Le Piane E, Oliveri R L, Annesi G, Zappia M, Andermann E, Quattrone A, Aguglia U
Abstract excerpt
To further elucidate the inheritance pattern and range of phenotypic manifestations of benign familial temporal lobe epilepsy (FTLE), we report a large family recently identified in southern Italy. There were 8 patients (4 men), ranging in age from 31 to 68 years in three generations. One affected patient was deceased at the time of the study. Genealogical study strongly supported autosomal dominant inheritance...
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