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Four new families with autosomal dominant partial epilepsy with auditory features: clinical description and linkage to chromosome 10q24.
Epilepsia - 1 Jan 2002
Winawer Melodie R, Martinelli Boneschi Filippo, Barker-Cummings Christie, Lee Joseph H, Liu Jianjun, Mekios Constantine, Gilliam T Conrad, Pedley Timothy A, Hauser W Allen, Ottman Ruth
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Autosomal dominant partial epilepsy with auditory features (ADPEAF) is a rare form of nonprogressive lateral temporal lobe epilepsy characterized by partial seizures with auditory disturbances. The gene predisposing to this syndrome was localized to a 10-cM region on chromosome 10q24. We assessed clinical features and linkage evidence in four newly ascertained families with ADPEAF, to refine the clinical...
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