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[Molecular genetic aspects of the susceptibility to develop idiopathic epilepsy].
Revista de neurologia - 1 Jan 2000
Arcos-Burgos M, Palacio L G, Mora O, Sánchez J L, Jiménez M, Jiménez I
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INTRODUCTION: There are more than 40 clinical types of epilepsy classified according to aetiology and/or mode of clinical onset. The term idiopathic epilepsy is reserved for cases with convulsions but no detectable structural lesions of the brain or neurological anomalies. DEVELOPMENT AND CONCLUSIONS: In spite of many studies confirming the importance of genetic factors in the occurrence of idiopathic epilepsy,...
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