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Epilepsy and paroxysmal movement disorders in families: evidence for shared mechanisms.
Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape - 1 Jun 1999
Singh R, Macdonell R A, Scheffer I E, Crossland K M, Berkovic S F
Abstract excerpt
The epilepsies have been regarded as clinically distinct from the paroxysmal movement disorders. Recently, a variety of ion channel defects have been identified as the biological basis of certain familial epilepsies and paroxysmal movement disorders. We studied two families with the co-occurrence of epilepsy, movement disorders and migraine. Information was obtained on 147 individuals in the two families. In...
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