Genes and mutations in idiopathic epilepsy.

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Partial or generalized idiopathic epilepsies, which account for up to 40% of all epilepsies, are characterized by a mostly benign course and no apparent etiology other than a genetic predisposition. So far, the genetic defects underlying three different idiopathic epilepsy syndromes have been identified: mutations in the CHRNA4- or CHRNB subunits of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor are found in...

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