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Variations in inflammation-related genes may be associated with childhood febrile seizure susceptibility.
Seizure - 1 Jun 2014
Emsley Hedley C A, Appleton Richard E, Whitmore Catherine L, Jury Francine, Lamb Janine A, Martin Joanne E, Ollier William E R, de la Morandière Katherine Potier, Southern Kevin W, Allan Stuart M
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To investigate whether genetic variants in inflammation-related genes are associated with increased risk of childhood-onset febrile seizures. METHOD: Tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from 19 inflammation-related candidate genes were identified and genotyped on the Sequenom platform in a sample of Caucasian childhood-onset febrile seizures cases (n=98) compared to ethnicity, age and gender...
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