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[Genes and epilepsy I: epilepsy and genetic alterations].
Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) - 1 Jan 2000
Gitaí Daniel L G, Romcy-Pereira Rodrigo N, Gitaí Lívia L G, Leite João P, Garcia-Cairasco Norberto, Paço-Larson Maria Luisa
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by spontaneous and recurrent seizures with an estimated prevalence of 2-3 % in the world population. Epileptic seizures are the result of paroxystic and hypersynchronous electrical activity, preferentially in cortical areas, caused by panoply of structural and neurochemical dysfunctions. Recent advances in the field have focused on the molecular...
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