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Evaluating the frequency and characteristics of seizures in 142 Japanese patients with Prader-Willi syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Aug 2013
Takeshita Eri, Murakami Nobuyuki, Sakuta Ryoichi, Nagai Toshiro
Abstract excerpt
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) has not been widely regarded as a disorder with a risk factor for seizures. We retrospectively investigated the frequency and characteristics of seizures and examined genotype-phenotype correlations with respect to seizures in PWS. We analyzed 142 patients with PWS and identified 31 (22%) with seizures. The most common seizure type was febrile convulsion (12%, 17/142). Epilepsy...
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