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The genetics of febrile seizures and related epilepsy syndromes.
Brain & development - 1 Aug 2003
Hirose Shinichi, Mohney Robert P, Okada Motohiro, Kaneko Sunao, Mitsudome Akihisa
Abstract excerpt
Febrile seizures (FS) may represent the most common seizure disorder in childhood and are known to be associated with putative genetic predispositions. Nevertheless, molecular genetic approaches toward understanding FS have been just initiated this decade. Recently, several genetic loci for FS have been mapped thereby assuring the genetic heterogeneity of FS. However, the exact molecular mechanisms of FS are yet...
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