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Seizures of idiopathic generalized epilepsies.
Epilepsia - 1 Jan 2005
Durón Reyna M, Medina Marco T, Martínez-Juárez Iris E, Bailey Julia N, Perez-Gosiengfiao Katerina Tanya, Ramos-Ramírez Ricardo, López-Ruiz Minerva, Alonso María Elisa, Ortega Ramón H Castro, Pascual-Castroviejo Ignacio, Machado-Salas Jesús, Mija Lizardo, Delgado-Escueta Antonio V
Abstract excerpt
Idiopathic generalized epilepsies (IGEs) comprise at least 40% of epilepsies in the United States, 20% in Mexico, and 8% in Central America. Here, we review seizure phenotypes across IGE syndromes, their response to treatment and advances in molecular genetics that influence nosology. Our review included the Medline database from 1945 to 2005 and our prospectively collected Genetic Epilepsy Studies (GENESS)...
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