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Genetic screening of two Tunisian families with generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus.
European journal of neurology - 1 Jun 2009
Fendri-Kriaa N, Kammoun F, Rebai A, Kolsi D, Hadj Salem I, Fakhfakh F, Triki C
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Febrile Seizure can be associated with heterogeneous epilepsy phenotypes regrouped in a syndrome called generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+). The aim of this report is to search for the gene responsible for GEFS+ in two affected Tunisian families. METHODS: Microsatellite marker analysis was performed on the known FS and GEFS+ loci. According to the results obtained by...
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