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A locus for generalized tonic-clonic seizure susceptibility maps to chromosome 10q25-q26.
Annals of neurology - 1 Sept 2005
Puranam Ram S, Jain Satish, Kleindienst Amber M, Saxena Shilpa, Kim Myeong-Kyu, Kelly Changizi Barbara, Padma M V, Andrews Ian, Elston Robert C, Tiwari Hemant K, McNamara James O
Abstract excerpt
Inheritance patterns in twins and multiplex families led us to hypothesize that two loci were segregating in subjects with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME), one predisposing to generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS) and a second to myoclonic seizures. We tested this hypothesis by performing genome-wide scan of a large family (Family 01) and used the results to guide analyses of additional families. A locus was...
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