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No evidence for a susceptibility locus for idiopathic generalized epilepsy on chromosome 5 in families with typical absence seizures.
Epilepsy research - 1 Sept 2002
Windemuth C, Schulz H, Saar K, Gennaro E, Bianchi A, Zara F, Bulteau C, Kaminska A, Ville D, Cieuta C, Nabbout-Tarantino R, Prud'homme J-F, Dulac O, Bate L, Gardiner R M, Lindhout D, Wienker T F, Janz D, Sander T
Abstract excerpt
A recent genome-wide scan revealed suggestive evidence for two susceptibility loci for idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) in the chromosomal regions 5p15 and 5q14-q22 in families with typical absence seizures. The present replication study tested the validity of the tentative IGE loci on chromosome 5. Our study included 99 multiplex families in which at least one family member had typical absence seizures....
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