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Lack of association between rs211037 of the GABRG2 gene and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy in Brazilian population.
Neurology India - 1 Jan 2000
Gitaí Lívia Leite Góes, de Almeida Delma Holanda, Born João Paulo Lopes, Gameleira Fernando Tenório, de Andrade Tiago Gomes, Machado Luciana Cláudia Herculano, Gitaí Daniel Leite Góes
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BACKGROUND: Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is an idiopathic generalized epilepsy syndrome with genetic basis and accounts for 10% of all forms of epilepsy. Despite the existence of rare mutations responsible for some familial forms inherited in a Mendelian pattern, the genetics of JME is complex and probably involves multiple genes. Because of widespread distribution in the central nervous system (CNS) and...
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