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Genome-wide linkage of febrile seizures and epilepsy to the FEB4 locus at 5q14.3-q23.1 and no MASS1 mutation.
Human genetics - 1 Jan 2006
Deprez Liesbet, Claes Lieve R F, Claeys Kristl G, Audenaert Dominique, Van Dyck Tine, Goossens Dirk, Van Paesschen Wim, Del-Favero Jurgen, Van Broeckhoven Christine, De Jonghe Peter
Abstract excerpt
Febrile seizures (FS) represent the most common seizure disorder in childhood and contribution of a genetic predisposition has been clearly proven. In some families FS is associated with a wide variety of afebrile seizures. Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) is a familial epilepsy syndrome with a spectrum of phenotypes including FS, atypical febrile seizures (FS+) and afebrile generalized and...
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