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Genomic microdeletions associated with epilepsy: not a contraindication to resective surgery.
Epilepsia - 1 Aug 2011
Catarino Claudia B, Kasperavičiūtė Dalia, Thom Maria, Cavalleri Gianpiero L, Martinian Lillian, Heinzen Erin L, Dorn Thomas, Grunwald Thomas, Chaila Elijah, Depondt Chantal, Krämer Günter, Delanty Norman, Goldstein David B, Sisodiya Sanjay M
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Several recent reports of genomic microdeletions in epilepsy will generate further research; discovery of more microdeletions and other important classes of variants may follow. Detection of such genetic abnormalities in patients being evaluated for surgical treatment might raise concern that a genetic defect, possibly widely expressed in the brain, will affect surgical outcome. METHODS: A reevaluation...
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