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Identification and mutational analysis of candidate genes for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy on 6p11-p12: LRRC1, GCLC, KIAA0057 and CLIC5.
Epilepsy research - 1 Aug 2002
Suzuki Toshimitsu, Morita Ryoji, Sugimoto Yoshihisa, Sugawara Takashi, Bai Dong-Sheng, Alonso Maria E, Medina Marco T, Bailey Julia N, Rasmussen Astrid, Ramos-Peek Jaime, Cordova Sergio, Rubio-Donnadieu Francisco, Ochoa Adriana, Jara-Prado Aurelio, Inazawa Johji, Delgado-Escueta Antonio V, Yamakawa Kazuhiro
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is one of the most frequent hereditary epilepsies characterized by myoclonic and tonic-clonic convulsions beginning at 8-20 years of age. Genetic studies have revealed four major chromosomal loci on 6p21.3, 6p11-12, 6q24, and 15q14 as candidate regions harboring...
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