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[Ion channel dysfunction in pathogenesis of idiopathic epilepsies].
Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska - 1 Jan 2000
Różycka Agata, Dorszewska Jolanta, Jagodziński Paweł P
Abstract excerpt
Despite advances in diagnostics, the cause of epilepsy has still not been unequivocally determined in 60-65% of patients. In this group of patients, genetic factors probably play the main role. It is thought that genetic predisposition is responsible for the occurrence of so-called "idiopathic" forms of epilepsy in about 40% of patients. The genetic basis of epilepsy has been substantiated by numerous examples of...
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