Absence of linkage to 8q24 in a European family with familial adult myoclonic epilepsy (FAME)

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BACKGROUND: Familial adult myoclonic epilepsy (FAME) is defined by autosomal dominant inheritance, adult onset of myoclonus of the extremities, infrequent epileptic seizures, nonprogressive course, abnormality of polyspikes and waves on examination by EEG and photosensitivity, giant somatosensory evoked potentials, enhancement of C reflex, and premyoclonus spike detected by means of the jerk-locked averaging EEG...

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