Article
Familial partial epilepsy with variable foci: clinical features and linkage to chromosome 22q12.
Epilepsia - 1 Sept 2004
Berkovic Samuel F, Serratosa Jose M, Phillips Hilary A, Xiong Lan, Andermann Eva, Díaz-Otero Fernando, Gómez-Garre Pilar, Martín Mercedes, Fernández-Bullido Yolanda, Andermann Frederick, Lopes-Cendes Iscia, Dubeau Francois, Desbiens Richard, Scheffer Ingrid E, Wallace Robyn H, Mulley John C, Pandolfo Massimo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial partial epilepsy with variable foci (FPEVF) is an autosomal dominant syndrome characterized by partial seizures originating from different brain regions in different family members in the absence of detectable structural abnormalities. A gene for FPEVF was mapped to chromosome 22q12 in two distantly related French-Canadian families. METHODS: We describe the clinical features and performed a...
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