Article
[Genetics of epilepsy].
Seishin shinkeigaku zasshi = Psychiatria et neurologia Japonica - 1 Jan 2003
Hirose Sinichi
Abstract excerpt
Epilepsy is a common neurological disease and encompasses a variety of disorders with paroxysms. Although there is a genetic component in the pathogenesis of epilepsy, the molecular mechanisms of this syndrome remain poorly understood. The identification of genes responsible for human epilepsy was first documented in progressive myoclonic epilepsy (EPM) because of their clear inheritance and phenotypic...
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