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No evidence for a seriously increased malignancy risk in LGI1-caused epilepsy.
Epilepsy research - 1 Oct 2003
Brodtkorb Eylert, Nakken Karl O, Steinlein Ortrud K
Abstract excerpt
The Leucine-rich Glioma Inactivated-1 (LGI1) gene is supposed to be a tumor suppressor gene involved in glial tumors. Mutations in this gene were recently found to cause autosomal dominant lateral temporal lobe epilepsy (ADLTE). We have now analysed the comorbidity in a large Norwegian ADLTE family. No evidence was found that LGI1 is a high-penetrance tumor suppressor gene associated with a serious risk for...
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