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Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is not associated with the DRPLA gene in a European population.
In vivo (Athens, Greece) - 1 Jan 2000
Yapijakis Christos, Gatzonis Stergios, Youroukos Sotirios, Kollia Vasiliki, Karachristianou Stella, Anagnostouli Maria
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME), is an early-onset inherited generalized epilepsy which displays genetic heterogeneity, with at least 10 known loci. Another neurogenetic disease, dentato-rubro-pallido-luysian atrophy (DRPLA) presents three clinical phenotypes, one of which in Japanese displays many similarities to JME. AIM: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the DRPLA gene is...
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