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Control groups in paediatric epilepsy research: do first-degree cousins show familial effects?
Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape - 1 Mar 2017
Hanson Melissa, Morrison Blaise, Jones Jana E, Jackson Daren C, Almane Dace, Seidenberg Michael, Zhao Qianqian, Rathouz Paul J, Hermann Bruce P
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To determine whether first-degree cousins of children with idiopathic focal and genetic generalized epilepsies show any association across measures of cognition, behaviour, and brain structure. The presence/absence of associations addresses the question of whether and to what extent first-degree cousins may serve as unbiased controls in research addressing the cognitive, psychiatric, and neuroimaging features of...
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