Role of genetics in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy.

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Epilepsy is a heterogeneous group of multifactorial diseases, the vast majority determined by interactions between many genes and environmental factors; however, there are rare epilepsy syndromes that can be caused by a single gene mutation and are inherited according to classical mendelian genetic principles. Finding disease-causing genetic mutations in epilepsy has provided new opportunities for aiding...

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