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Is focal cortical dysplasia sporadic? Family evidence for genetic susceptibility.
Epilepsia - 1 Mar 2014
Leventer Richard J, Jansen Floor E, Mandelstam Simone A, Ho Alice, Mohamed Ismail, Sarnat Harvey B, Kato Mitsuhiro, Fukasawa Tatsuya, Saitsu Hirotomo, Matsumoto Naomichi, Itoh Masayuki, Kalnins Renate M, Chow Chung W, Harvey A Simon, Jackson Graeme D, Crino Peter B, Berkovic Samuel F, Scheffer Ingrid E
Abstract excerpt
Focal cortical dysplasia is a common cortical malformation and an important cause of epilepsy. There is evidence for shared molecular mechanisms underlying cortical dysplasia, ganglioglioma, hemimegalencephaly, and dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor. However, there are no familial reports of...
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