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Familial clustering of seizure types within the idiopathic generalized epilepsies.
Neurology - 23 Aug 2005
Winawer M R, Marini C, Grinton B E, Rabinowitz D, Berkovic S F, Scheffer I E, Ottman R
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the genetic relationships among epilepsies with different seizure types--myoclonic, absence, and generalized tonic-clonic--within the idiopathic generalized epilepsies (IGEs). BACKGROUND: Careful phenotype definition in the epilepsies may allow division into groups that share susceptibility genes. Examination of seizure type, a phenotypic characteristic less complex than IGE syndrome, may...
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