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Genes and loci involved in febrile seizures and related epilepsy syndromes.
Human mutation - 1 May 2006
Audenaert Dominique, Van Broeckhoven Christine, De Jonghe Peter
Abstract excerpt
Epilepsy is a paroxysmal disorder with a cumulative incidence of about 3%. About 13% of patients with epilepsy have a history of febrile seizures (FS). Generalized epilepsy with FS plus (GEFS+) is a familial epilepsy syndrome in which patients can have classic FS, FS that persist beyond the age of 5 years (i.e., FS+), and/or epilepsy. Both genetic and environmental factors have been shown to contribute to the...
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