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Molecular genetics of febrile seizures.
Epilepsia - 1 Jan 2002
Iwasaki Nobuaki, Nakayama Junko, Hamano Kenzo, Matsui Akira, Arinami Tadao
Abstract excerpt
Febrile seizures are the most common form of convulsion, occurring in 2-5% of infants in Europe and North America and in 6-9% in Japan. In large families, the febrile seizure (FS) susceptibility trait is inherited by the autosomal dominant pattern with reduced penetrance. Two putative FS loci, FEB1 (chromosome 8q13-q21) and FEB2 (chromosome 19p13.3) have been mapped. A clinical subset of FS, termed generalized...
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