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Evidence for linkage between juvenile myoclonic epilepsy-related idiopathic generalized epilepsy and 6p11-12 in Dutch families.
Epilepsia - 1 Mar 2004
Pinto Dalila, de Haan Gerrit-Jan, Janssen Guus A M A J, Boezeman Eduard H, van Erp M Gerard, Westland Birgit, Witte Jorine, Bader Adri, Halley Dicky J J, Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenité Dorothée G A, Lindhout Dick, Koeleman Bobby P C
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Previous linkage studies provided evidence for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) susceptibility loci at 6p11-12, HLA-6p21.3 region, 15q14, and 5q34. These results indicate locus heterogeneity or interpopulation differences, thus underlining the importance of replication studies. METHODS: We describe a replication linkage study of the 6p-q13 region in 18 families ascertained from JME probands of Dutch...
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