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Refinement of the chromosome 16 locus for benign familial infantile convulsions.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jun 2005
Callenbach P M C, van den Boogerd E H, de Coo R F M, ten Houten R, Oosterwijk J C, Hageman G, Frants R R, Brouwer O F, van den Maagdenberg A M J M
Abstract excerpt
Benign familial infantile convulsions (BFIC) is an autosomal dominantly inherited partial epilepsy syndrome of early childhood with remission before the age of 3 years. The syndrome has been linked to loci on chromosomes 1q23, 2q24, 16p12-q12, and 19q in various families. The aim of this study was to identify the responsible locus in four unrelated Dutch families with BFIC. Two of the tested families had pure...
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