GABA(A) receptor epilepsy mutations.

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Idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) syndromes are diseases that are characterized by absence, myoclonic, and/or primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures in the absence of structural brain abnormalities. Although it was long hypothesized that IGE had a genetic basis, only recently have causative genes been identified. Here we review mutations in the GABA(A) receptor alpha1, gamma2, and delta subunits that have...

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