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Identification of a novel locus for febrile seizures and epilepsy on chromosome 21q22.
Epilepsia - 1 Oct 2006
Hedera Peter, Ma Shaochun, Blair Marcia A, Taylor Kelly A, Hamati Aline, Bradford Yuki, Abou-Khalil Bassel, Haines Jonathan L
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PURPOSE: To report results of linkage analysis in a large family with autosomal dominant (AD) febrile seizures (FS) and epilepsy. BACKGROUND: AD FS and epilepsy is clinically and genetically a heterogeneous group of epilepsies, frequently inherited. The most notable, generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+), is characterized by heterogeneous phenotypes including FS persisting beyond the usual age...
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