Article
Coexistence of Unverricht-Lundborg disease and congenital deafness: molecular resolution of a complex comorbidity.
Epilepsia - 1 Jun 2009
Kecmanović Miljana, Ristić Aleksandar J, Sokić Dragoslav, Keckarević-Marković Milica, Vojvodić Nikola, Ercegovac Marko, Janković Slavko, Keckarević Dusan, Savić-Pavićević Dusanka, Romac Stanka
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: We report on genetic analysis of a complex condition in a Serbian family of four siblings, wherein two had progressive myoclonic epilepsy (PME) and congenital deafness (CD), one had isolated congenital deafness (ICD), and one was healthy. METHODS AND RESULTS: Molecular diagnosis performed by Southern blotting confirmed Unverricht-Lundborg disease in the available sibling with PME/CD. In the sibling with...
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