Genetics of epilepsy.

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Epilepsy is a common and very heterogeneous neurologic disorder. Genetic factors are likely to play a role in most cases, either because the underlying cause of epilepsy is primarily genetic or because genes modulate susceptibility to an epileptogenic insult. Primarily genetic epilepsies include conditions in which altered brain development or neurodegeneration are at the basis of seizures, but also conditions in...

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