Benign familial neonatal convulsions: evidence for clinical and genetic heterogeneity.

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Benign familial neonatal convulsions: evidence for clinical and genetic heterogeneity.

Annals of neurology - 1 May 1991

Ryan S G, Wiznitzer M, Hollman C, Torres M C, Szekeresova M, Schneider S

Abstract excerpt

The gene for autosomal dominant "benign" familial neonatal convulsions, a transient, primary epilepsy of infancy, has recently been assigned to chromosome 20q. To determine whether this disorder is genetically heterogeneous, we performed linkage analysis in two previously unreported pedigrees wit...

Topics

Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20
DNA
Epilepsy
Family
Female
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Testing
Genotype
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Pedigree
Phenotype
Recombination, Genetic

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