Genetics of epilepsies.

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Epilepsy affects almost 1% of the population, and yet the pathophysiology of this disorder is unknown in the majority of the cases. Recently, a number of mutations in different genes were identified, mostly in cases of familial epilepsy with a Mendelian mode of inheritance. The majority of these genes code for voltage- or ligand-gated ion channels. Interestingly, not only generalized epilepsies, but also focal...

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