Article
Do idiopathic generalized epilepsies share a common susceptibility gene?
Neurology - 1 Apr 1992
Janz D, Beck-Mannagetta G, Sander T
Abstract excerpt
Molecular genetic research in epilepsy is most promising in the homogeneous, genetically determined forms of the disease. The phenotype-genotype strategy used makes some epileptic syndromes more suitable for such study than others. Unequivocal clinical presentation, mendelian transmission with si...
Topics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6
- Disease Susceptibility
- Epilepsies, Myoclonic
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy, Absence
- Epilepsy, Generalized
- Genes
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Phenotype