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A new locus for familial temporal lobe epilepsy on chromosome 3q.
Epilepsy research - 1 Oct 2013
Chahine Lyne, Abou-Khalil Bassel, Siren Auli, Andermann Frederick, Hedera Peter, Ge Qing, Andermann Eva, Pandolfo Massimo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a common and heterogeneous focal epilepsy syndrome with a complex etiology, involving both environmental and genetic factors. Several familial forms of TLE have been described, including familial lateral TLE (FLTLE), familial mesial TLE (FMTLE) without hippocampal sclerosis, and FMTLE with hippocampal sclerosis. Mutations have been identified only in the leucine-rich,...
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