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Genetic predisposition to severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy.
Epilepsia - 1 Feb 2001
Benlounis A, Nabbout R, Feingold J, Parmeggiani A, Guerrini R, Kaminska A, Dulac O
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To address genetic predisposition to febrile convulsions (FCs) and epilepsy as an etiologic background of severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy (SMEI). METHODS: Familial antecedents of epilepsy and FCs were analyzed in four groups of patients with SMEI (65 cases), FCs (57 cases), childhood absences (67 cases), and a control group of patients with no neurologic problems (64 cases). RESULTS: Patients with...
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